a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase

a naming word for people, places or things

a type of determiner that denotes specificity of a noun

a type of determiner that denotes possession of a noun by another noun

Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns

English

In this unit, pupils stretch their understanding of noun, adjective, verb and adverbs word classes to incorporate more advanced word classes. In 'Key grammar terminology', pupils will build and apply to sentence contexts their understanding of determiners and fronted adverbials.  

In 'Word class', pupils learnt to identify and use the four main word classes in English: nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. In this unit, pupils will stretch their understanding of word class to incorporate more advanced word classes.

Review of determiners, prepositions and fronted adverbials 

What kind of word is introduced by a determiner?

Which type of determiner are the following words? a, an, the

Which type of determiner are the following words? my, your, its, our, their, his, her

Which determiners could fill the gap in this sentence? 'As I walked into the house, I put __________ keys on the table'.

What are the three determiners in this sentence? 'We gave the dog its bone and it was happy for an hour.'

Are the determiners in this sentence articles or possessive pronouns? 'I asked my uncle to drive our family to his house'.

a naming word for a person, place or thing

Which words are adjectives in this sentence? 'As the soft snow fell, we stepped into the warm hut'.

Which words are verbs in this sentence? 'As the soft snow fell, we stepped into the warm hut'.

Which word in this sentence is an adverb? 'I wanted to go quickly, but Sam refused.'

Which words in this sentence are common nouns? 'We could go straight up the hill, or we could go around the side.'

What is the order of the word classes in this sentence? 'Sam climbed silently into his warm bed.' You can ignore any words that are not one of the word classes below.

Starter Quiz