DETERMINERS

DETERMINERS

Read the following sentences:

1)"Don't make any mistake,Dell",he said.

2)My doctor advised me to go home.

3)Joey said to her,"You have not done your work."

4)The teacher said,"The earth revolves round the sun."

5)Whose book is lying on that desk?  

If you see carefully,you will find that a specific word has been used before the nouns.These words are called DETERMIMERS.

e.g. articles  -  a,an,the

       interrogative adjectives  -  which,what,whose

       demonstratives  -  this,that,these,those

       quantitative  -  many,much,all,none,any,several,no,one,two,first,second

       distributive adj.  -  each,every

       possessive adj.  -  my,our,your,his,her,their,such

*Let's solve some examples:

- Underline the determiners:

1.There are fifty students in this class.

2.Jim looked about the room curiously.

3.Her book is on the table.

4.Each day makes you special, if you think positively.

5.Which book do you like to read.

6.They are all our children.
7.It was a simple matter to steal.

8.He took me to a room which had a gramophone in it.

*Answer key

1.fifty,this  2.the  3.her,the  4.each  5.which  6.all,our  7.a  8.a,a