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Topic Given- Determiners
Done by- Kaushik _ __X_
Guidance By-Savitha mam (English Teacher)
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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 aboutthe nouns they modify.
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Determiners are of the 6 types :-----
Diagram showing the types of adjectives :-----
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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 someparticular noun.
Article
Indefinite a
AnDefinite the
Used before non-specific or general
nouns
Used for pointing out specific or
particular nouns
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A boy(Here, the presence of a shows that some general/non-
specific boy is being talked about.)
An elephant(Here, the presence of an shows that some general/non-specific elephant is being talked about.)
The red car(Here, the presence of the shows that some
particular/specific red car is being talked about.)
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Possessive adjectives, also known as possessivedeterminers, are a part of speech that modifies
a noun and act as adjective or quality words.
The possessive always refer to the possessor
Best examples-
1)This is my house. (my is modifying house)2)This is your account. (your is modifying
account
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The words mine, yours, ours ,hers, his and theirs
are called possessive pronouns .
The act same as Possessive adjectives . But theycome after the nouns unlike possessive adjectiveswhich come before the noun.
Ex- 1. This book is mine.2. This house is yours.
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Adjectives of quantity tell how muchor how
many. Some of tem are:
Quantity words Their uses ExamplesSome In offers & to show
small quantity
Would you like some
coffee?
Any With questions & withhard, barely
I havent got any money
Much Uncountable noun Much work is to be done
Many Plural noun Many things are left.
Little scarcity There is little moneyleft
Few A small number A few members were
absent
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Quantity words Uses Examples
All Plural verb and
pronoun
All the boys were
absent.
Every Pronoun and adjective Every man knows his
duties
Both For two nouns Both of them won the
prize
Neither Not one and not the
other
Neither of them knows
the answerAnother Singular countable
noun
I have another cup of
coffee
most Nearly all of a group Most farmers are still
hungry
Other Plural nouns Other people must have
thought like this
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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.
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This (These plural) and That (those
plural) are called as Demonstratives.
They point to somebody or something. They tell
us which one.
They can be used both as adjectives and
pronouns.
Ex: 1.This is my pen (Pronoun)2.This pen is mine.(adjective)
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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.
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Ques.1> read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using correctdeterminers 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 ;)
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