Topic Given- Determiners

Done by- Kaushik _ _ _X_ Guidance BySavitha mam (English Teacher)

Do You know what a determiners are?

Well after seeing this slide you will be familiar with determiners.

Determiners :---Determiners are the words which determines or decide something about the nouns they modify.

Determiners are of the 6 types :-----

Diagram showing the types of adjectives :-----

1) An article is a word that is used for indicating

whether a noun is specific or non-specific.

2) An article is present before a noun, it shows

whether that noun is some general noun or some particular noun.

Article
Indefinite a An
Used before non-specific or general nouns

Definite the
Used for pointing out specific or particular nouns

A boy
(Here, the presence of a shows that some general/nonspecific boy is being talked about.)

An elephant
(Here, the presence of an shows that some general/nonspecific elephant is being talked about.)

The red car

(Here, the presence of the shows that some particular/specific red car is being talked about.)

Possessive adjectives, also known as possessive

determiners, are a part of speech that modifies a noun and act as adjective or quality words. The possessive always refer to the possessor Best examples1)This is my house. (my is modifying house) 2)This is your account. (your is modifying account

The words mine, yours, ours ,hers, his and theirs are called possessive pronouns .
The act same as Possessive adjectives . But they come after the nouns unlike possessive adjectives which come before the noun.

Ex- 1. This book is mine. 2. This house is yours.

Adjectives of quantity tell how much or how many. Some of tem are:
Quantity words Some Any Much Many Little Their uses
In offers & to show small quantity With questions & with hard, barely Uncountable noun Plural noun scarcity

Examples
Would you like some coffee? I havent got any money Much work is to be done Many things are left. There is little money left

Few

A small number

A few members were absent

Quantity words All Every

Uses Plural verb and pronoun Pronoun and adjective

Examples All the boys were absent. Every man knows his duties Both of them won the prize Neither of them knows the answer I have another cup of coffee Most farmers are still hungry Other people must have thought like this

Both Neither Another most Other

For two nouns Not one and not the other Singular countable noun Nearly all of a group Plural nouns

Adjective of number means number is used before nouns to show its quantity

Ex: There are ten students in row.

Ex: Bring two chairs from there.

This (These plural) and That (those plural) are called as Demonstratives.
They can be used both as adjectives and pronouns. They point to somebody or something. They tell us which one.

Ex: 1.This is my pen (Pronoun)

2.This pen is mine.(adjective)

That (plural- those) is used to avoid the repetition of the preceding noun . Ex: My shirt is better than that of yours. This (plural- these)refer to person(s) or thing(s) near the speaker. Ex :This book is very interesting. That (plural- those) refer to person or thing far from the speaker. Ex: Get that cat out of here.

Ques.1> read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using correct determiners where necessary I drove on the time machine without changing ______ lever. At last I stopped; ______ sun was red and very large and ____ huge reddish

rock was there.______ time machine in which I sat, was standing on

____ sloping beach and I saw ____ sea stretch to ____ horizon, but without any waves. No breath of winds stirred and I began to breathe very fast and felt _____ oppression in my head. I heard ___ harsh scream then I woke up and found that it was a dream ;)