General English grammar-Determiners

Determiners are words which come before noun and show how they are used.

Example

  • All nations want to be independent.
  • I saw an accident of a car.
  • Your family is a very happy people.
  • You have five days left to complete that project.
  • That is the worst food you have ever had in a long while.

Types of deteminers

  • Articles determiners :

    a/an, the.

  • Demonstratives determiners :

    this, that, these, those.

  • Possessive determiners :

    my, our, your, his, her, their, its.

  • Quantifiers determiners:

    a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough.

  • Numbers determiners :

    one, ten, some, any, many, a few, all, several, each, every, either, neither etc.

  • Distributive determiners:

    half, both, all, either, neither, each, every, only.

'A', 'an' and 'the' are called articles in the English language.

Definite Article Indefinite Article
the a,an
Example
  • Please give me the hammer.
  • Please give me the red basket; the yellow one is too small.
  • Please give me a basket.
  • He is an honest man.

Demonstratives determiners are used to specify the distance of something in space or time in relation to the speaker.

Near Far
this, that these, those
Example
  • Is this Ram's house?
  • That must have been a nice surprise for you.
  • These apples are mine.
  • You can use that cup for making tea.
  • This time I won't be late.

Possessive determiners to show who owns something.

Example
  • Where is their house?
  • Look that house is Ram's.
  • This is my book.
  • Our house is just across the street.
  • Where is your pen?

Quantifiers are determiners which modify a noun to indicate its quantity.

Example
  • I have some money.
  • There are many things to do today
  • She had so much work to do so she stayed at the office until midnight.
  • They ate a few biscuits with their milk.
  • I went to some meetings in Delhi last week.

Numbers are one kind of determiner.
Numbers are similar to quantifier determiners, but most grammarians treat them separately.

cardinal ordinal
one first
one thousand one thousandth
Example
  • I ordered two cakes.
  • They won the first prize
  • She got second prize in dance competition.
  • They have just complete their twelfth year.
  • There are twenty books on the table.