Kendriya vidyalaya cmm

Topic Given- Determiners

Done by- Vinay sharma _
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Submitted to-
Mala pandey mam (English Teacher)
 What is determiners ?

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 :-----
determiners Articles

Possessiv
e of
adjective
s
Adjective
Adjective
Demonstrativ s of Possessi
s of
e adjectives quantitie ve nouns
number s

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

 What is an article ?

1)An article is aword 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
Definite the
An

Used
Used before
before non-specific
non-specific or
or general
general Used
Used for
for pointing
pointing out
out specific
specific or
or
nouns
nouns particular
particular nouns
nouns
 Best example to describe articles
Aboy
(Here, the presence of a shows that some general/non-
specific boy is being talked about.)

Anelephant
(Here, the presence of an shows that some general/non-
specific elephant is being talked about.)

Thered car
(Here, the presence of the shows that some
particular/specific red car is being talked about.)
 What are possessive adjective?

Possessive adjectives, also known

aspossessive determiners,are apart of speechthat
modifies anounand 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
 What are
Possessive pronouns?

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.
 what are the adjectives of
quantities ?
Adjectives of quantity tellhow muchorhow many.
Some of tem are:
Quantity words Their uses Examples

Some In offers & to show Would you like

small quantity some coffee?
Any With questions & I havent got any
with hard, barely money
Much Uncountable noun Much work is to be
done
Many Plural noun Many things are
left.
Little scarcity There is little
money left
 Determiners cont..

Quantity words Uses Examples

All Plural verb and All the boys were

pronoun absent.
Every Pronoun and Every man knows
adjective his duties

Both For two nouns Both of them won

the prize
Neither Not one and not Neither of them
the other knows the answer
Another Singular countable I have another cup
noun of coffee
most Nearly all of a Most farmers are
group still hungry
 What are adjectives of number

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.

 What is demonstrative
adjectives ?

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)
 Uses of
demonstrative adjectives

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.
 Sample exercise to test yourself

Ques.1> read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using correct
determiners where necessary
the
I drove on the time machine without changing ______ lever. At last I

the sun was red and very large and ____

stopped; ______ a huge reddish

The time machine in which I sat, was standing on

rock was there.______

a sloping beach and I saw the

____ ____ sea stretch tothe
____ horizon, but

without any waves. No breath of winds stirred and I began to

an a
breathe very fast and felt _____ oppression in my head. I heard ___

harsh scream then I woke up and found that it was a dream ;)

Thank you