Determiners
A determiner is a very big part of English grammar. We cannot express our words without using determiners. It’s very necessary for both speaking English and writing English. We will explain what are determiners? What are the types of determiners? How can we use the determiners? Examples of determiners and many more.
What is a Determiner?
In English grammar a Determiner is a word that is used before a noun to show how the noun is being used, to show how great an effect the noun has, to limit its meaning.
Determiners Examples :-
- The Dog went home. [Here, the determiner directly comes before the noun (Dog) ]
- The boy was very intelligent. [ Here, also the determiner comes before the noun (boy)]
- The girl is an investigator.
- Both windows were closed.
Important Types of Determiners
Definite and Indefinite Articles
Both definite and indefinite articles are the foremost necessary styles of determiners. Articles indicate which noun the speaker is indicating to. The main articles in determiner are ‘A’, ‘An’ and ‘the ‘.Here,’ The’ is a definite article while ‘A’ and ‘An’ are indefinite articles.
An is used before words start with vowels or vowel sounds, and A is used before words start with consonants.
Examples of Definite and Indefinite Articles :
- This is a scooter.
- There was an elephant.
- This is a beautiful garden.
- Vishnu is an actor.
- This is a hamster.
- Ram is an MLA
- He is an athlete.
Use of Definite Article – The
The is a definite article that is used when somebody is indicating a particular noun.
Example:
- The cows of Chhattisgarh are very useful.
- The books you gave me are very good
- The leaders are dishonest.
- The farmers are laborious.
- The water of this well is Sweet.
- This is the book.
- The harmonium.
- The violin.
- The lion’s club.
Demonstrative Determiners
Demonstrative determiners are used when a speaker wants to locate a noun in a specific location. There are four main demonstrative determiners: This, that, these, those.
Examples of Demonstrative Determiners:
- This pen is black.
- Those children are intelligent.
- These apples are sour.
- Have you watched that movie?
- These hens are very healthy.
- We have bought this car.
- We are going to purchase these cloths
In the above examples This and that are used for singular nouns, and These and Those are used for a plural noun.
Possessive Determiners
When somebody wants to refer to a noun that belongs to somebody or something then possessive determiners are used. The main Possessive determiners are My, Your, Our, His, Her, It’s, Their. These all are used to show ownership.
Examples of Possessive Determiners:
- Where is my keypad?
- Their car was amazing.
- It is our secret room.
- Which one is his guitar?
- Her best friend is very honest.
- Which one is your house?
- She is my cousin.
Interrogative Determiners
Interrogative determiners are used before a noun to ask about something. What, which, and whose are called interrogative determiners or interrogative adjectives.
Examples of Interrogative Determiners:
- What is the size of this butter?
- Which is your house?
- Whose dog was running in the night?
- Whose pencil is this?
- What is the name of this temple?
- What color are her lips?
- What kind of animals is that?
- What is the name of your classmates?
- Which movie is your favorite?
- Which pencil are you using now?
Distributive Determiners
Distributive determiners are those determiners that indicate to a group of things or people, and individual members of the group. They indicate how something is distributed, shared, or divided. The main distributive determiners are Each, Every, Either, Neither, all, half, and both.
Examples of Distributive Determiners:
- Every morning I wake up at 4 am.
- Each of the children got good marks.
- All monuments are beautiful.
- Both boys are courageous.
- I like all vegetables.
- I bought half a dozen of eggs.
- Half the people have already missed the bus.
- Both of my parents have a new phone.
- Either day was bad for me.
Quantifiers
Quantifiers are used when anybody wants to define the quantity in a noun phrase.
( A lot of, a spoonful of, less, little, much, more, most, A part of, a large amount of, lots of, plenty of, a bottle/cup/glass/ plate of, a kilo/pound/ton/quintal of, a liter/meter of, A loaf of, half of, enough, etc are all quantifiers )
Examples of Quantifiers:
- We have got plenty of time to finish the work.
- She eats a spoonful of sugar.
- A large amount of juice was wasted.
- We need a little milk in our drink.
- Few trains are found in poor countries
- Most of the students are giving their test
- We have enough money to purchase a house.
- Some people are very good.
- How many times have you visited Raipur?
Determiners Exercises
A ) Pick out the determiners in the following sentences –
- The man was very intelligent.
- A few apples of this basket are spoiled.
- His mother is going to Los Angeles next month.
- All these cars are mine.
- Each woman has a pen.
Answers
- The
- A few, this
- His, next
- All, these
- Each, a
B) Fill in the blanks
- There are __ trees behind my house.
- There is ___milk in the jug.
- Take ___book you need.
- ___lady had come here.
Answers
- Some
- Some
- Any
- Some
C ) Fill in the blanks with ‘much’ or ‘ many’
- They weren’t___.
- He ate___ bread.
- ____people came to help us.
- I don’t know how __salary he gets.
Answers
- Many
- Much
- Many
- Much
Some Important FAQ’s
Answer – The adjective is a word that tells you more about a noun or pronoun.
OR
The words which describe you about the quality of Noun or pronoun.
- A Black Dog.
- A tall lady.
- She is looking beautiful.
- A colourful rainbow.
- He is very honest.
- Suresh Raina is a Cricketer.
- Dhoni is talented person.
- Modi ji is great person.
- I have gold ring.
- Madhu is my best friend.
Answer – Yes, a phrase can be formed with two words. Ex- “too slowly“, “watch TV”, “very happy” etc.
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- Bilkish is not as beautiful as Monika.
- I am as tall as my sister.
- Bikram is not as handsome as his father.
- They are as powerful as a king.
- This book is not so interesting as that.
- A cold drink is not more tasteful than coffee.
- That student was not more honest than Sohan.
- Ramu is as bad as Raman.
Answer –
1. My teacher is a very helpful person.
2. Honesty is the best way to live happily.
3. He was awarded for his bravery.
4. He is absent due to illness.
5. She will defeat them.
6. She tried to control her anger.
7. We should not laugh at disabling a person.
8. Each human has a good side and an evil side.
9. Ego is the next step of disaster.
10. Her voice was full of anxiety.
Answer –
- kind
- fear
- envy
- happy
- loyal
- ego
- grief
- excitement
- depressed
- Anger
- Forgiveness
- 12.hurt
- Laughter
- Justice
- worry
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Answer – The phrase is a group of words, can make some sense but not the whole meaning.
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Answer – You can identify a determiner depending on its relative position by checking the word which comes before a noun, not after, and any other adjectives that come before a noun.
Answer – First, we need to find out the subject and verb of the sentence.
“Ram is diving into the pool.”
Here “Ram” is the subject, and “diving” is the verb. So “Ram is diving” is a clause, and the remains “into the pool,” as this doesn’t make any sense, is the phrase of this sentence.
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Answer – As we already get the idea about phrases and idioms, you can understand how important it is to learn them.
To learn idioms and phrases first, you should listen to them carefully then try to write them down each time you learned one. The most important part is to use them frequently in your talking.
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Answer – Yes, “every” is a determiner.
Answer – Yes, Monday is a proper noun.
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Answer –
- Cute
- Dangerous
- Dark
- Good
- Dead
- Bad
- Defeated
- Attractive
- Defiant
- Horrible
- Legendary
- Hungry
- Singular
- Hurt
- Irresponsible
- Ill
- Advisable
- Important
- Favourite
- Festive
Answer – List of the degree of comparison
Positive Degree |
Comparative Degree |
Superlative Degree |
| active | more active | the most active |
| bad | worse | worst |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| big | bigger | the biggest |
| black | blacker | the blackest |
| bright | brighter | the biggest |
| clean | cleaner | the cleanest |
| cleaver | cleverer | the cleverest |
| confused | more confused | the most confused |
| cruel | crueller | the cruellest |
| dark | darker | the darkest |
| difficult | more difficult | the most difficult |
| dirty | dirtier | the dirtiest |
| fascinating | more fascinating | the most fascinating |
| famous | more famous | the most famous |
| far | farther/further | the farthest/furthest |
| fast | faster | the fastest |
| fat | fatter | the fattest |
Answer – Human Noun: Jonny, Joseph, Rakesh, Michael, Justin, Tonny, Bill gates, Tarzan, Mishka, Avinash, etc.
- Nation, religion, tribe, sect nouns: Japanese, Chinese, British, Russian, Canadian, German, Hindu, Muslim, African, American, Jain, Islamic, Buddhi, Christian, etc.
- Language Nouns: Chinese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Hindi, English, Urdu, Brazilian, Punjabi, Hungarian, Tamil, etc.
- City, District, Neighborhood, street: Washington DC, Cape Town, Oakland, Britain, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Dhaka, etc.
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Answer – English determiners are words – such as a, an, the, each, every, etc. – that are used before nouns to signify their referents.
Answer – A word that is used before a noun to show how the noun is being used, the effect the noun has, its meaning.
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Answer – Five examples of phrases –
- Rain to stop ( she was waiting for the rain to stop)
- On the table (the book is on the table)
- To eat dinner ( he was existed to eat dinner)
- In the kitchen ( the dinner is in the kitchen)
- To be free ( he was so excited to be free from jail)
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Answer – Idioms and phrases are both groups of words. Phrases can’t stand alone without any sentence.
Idioms themselves have some symbolic meanings.
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Answer – A phrase is a group of words having no subject-verb combination.
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Answer – Determiners include articles (a, an, the ) demonstratives (this, that, those, these), pronouns, and possessive (My, your, our, its, his, her, their), quantifiers (Most, Much, More, little, less, etc.), Numbers (All, one, two.., enough, etc.) distributives (Each, every, either, neither, Both) interrogations (what, which, whose).
Answer – Today, We will learn about 9 types of Adjectives that are mainly used in English Grammar.
- Proper Adjectives.
- Quantitative Adjectives.
- Quality Adjectives.
- Demonstrative Adjectives.
- Distributive Adjectives.
- Interrogative Adjectives.
- Possessive Adjectives.
- Numeral Adjectives.
- Descriptive Adjectives.
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Answer – I am going to tell you about 11 types of pronouns.
- Personal Pronoun
- Possessive Pronoun
- Demonstrative Pronoun
- Distributive Pronoun
- Reciprocal Pronoun
- Reflexive Pronoun
- Emphatic Pronoun
- Indefinite Pronoun
- Relative Pronoun
- Interrogative Pronoun
- Exclamatory Pronoun
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Answer – A proper noun is a specific name for any particular person, place, or things For example:-
- Rohan
- Washington
- American
- British
- Parker pen
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Answer – A proper noun is a specific name for a particular place, person, organization, or thing. Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter, no matter where they have fallen in a sentence.
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Answer – Those verbs which can not tell the whole meaning of a sentence without using an object are known as a transitive verb.
Examples of Transitive Verb
PM Modi addresses the nation today.
John gave the gift to his father.
He offers a job.
Answer – Nouns generally can differentiate in two ways- concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
Here is the list of some examples of abstract nouns:
Emotions/ Feelings
Anger
Anxiety
Depressed
Excitement
Grief
Helpful
Hate
Loyal
Human Characteristics
Ego
Envy
Honesty
Beauty
Brave
Confidence
Fear
Honour
Common Abstract noun
Truth
Thought
Poverty
Need
Peace
Opportunity
Peace
Reality.
Ans: nouns generally can differentiate in two ways- concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
Here is the list of some examples of abstract nouns:
Emotions/ Feelings
Anger
Anxiety
Depressed
Excitement
Grief
Helpful
Hate
Loyal
Human Characteristics
Ego
Envy
Honesty
Beauty
Brave
Confidence
Fear
Honour
Common Abstract noun
Truth
Thought
Poverty
Need
Peace
Opportunity
Peace
Reality.
Answer – An abstract noun is the type of noun that cannot be felt with our 5 organs. We can only imagine and feel them in our imagination.
Answer – A Replacement of noun, is called pronoun. or A pronoun is a word used instead of noun.
Example – They are playing ludo.
She is my best friend.
I am her sister. etc.
Answer – An adjective often comes BEFORE a Noun:
A White car.
A Blue sky.
An exciting Book.
Sometimes an adjective comes AFTER a Verb:
A Black toy.
A tall man.
A Blue Pen.
Sushma is an attractive girl.
Answer – ‘mine’ is a Possessive Pronoun which makes sense for sense rights.
Example – You are mine.
She is mine.
This pen is mine.
Answer – All Articles, demonstratives, pronouns, and possessive, quantifiers, Numbers, distributives, interrogatives are Determiners.
Answer – The adjective form of obey is willing to follow or obedient.
Answer – अगर देखा जाये तो गोल्ड खुद में एक adjective है, क्युकी गोल्ड एक विशेष धातु है।
Example – This is Gold chain.
That is Gold watch.
ऊपर लिखे दोनों Examples में “Gold” chain और watch की विशेषता बता रहा है, परन्तु Gold का Adjective भी होता है। आइये इसे हम उदहारण से समझते है।
This is 24k Chain.
This is 22k watch.
ऊपर लिखे उदहारण में 24k और 22k “Gold” की शुद्धता या विशेषता बताने के लिए प्रयोग किआ गया है। अतः Gold का Adjective 10k, 18k, 22k, 24k इत्यादि हो सकते है।