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Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives

I can use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.

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Key learning points

  1. Determiners are a word class.
  2. A determiner introduces a noun in a clause.
  3. Determiners can be articles or possessive pronouns.
  4. Determiners can be quantifiers.
  5. Determiners can be demonstratives.

Keywords

  • Determiner - a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase

  • Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

  • Quantifier - a type of determiner that indicates the quantity of a noun

  • Demonstrative - a type of determiner that indicates which noun is being referred to

Common misconception

Pupils may believe that whenever we use 'those' or 'this', we are using a determiner.

Demonstratives are only determiners if they are introducing a noun in a sentence.

Encourage pupils to 'swap' determiners around in sentences and consider the changes in meaning this creates - very often, many different determiners could fit in the same place in a sentence.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the purpose of determiners?
to introduce verbs in a sentence
Correct answer: to introduce nouns in a phrase or a clause
to introduce adjectives in a phrase
Q2.
Which of the following are types of determiner?
Correct answer: articles (a, an, the)
adjectives (soft, warm, cold)
nouns (shop, planet, ball)
Correct answer: possessive pronouns (my, your, our)
Q3.
Where is the determiner placed in relation to the noun in a sentence?
Correct answer: before the noun
after the noun
either before or after the noun
Q4.
Tick the sentences that contain a determiner.
We ran away.
Correct answer: We ran to the hills.
Correct answer: She boarded our bus.
She looked away.
Q5.
Tick the sentences that contain a possessive pronoun.
Correct answer: This is my stop.
Correct answer: We hoped you'd find your coat.
This was a mistake.
Correct answer: We'll need our wellies.
Q6.
Which words are the determiners in this sentence? 'He put the dog in its kennel.'
Correct answer: the
put
in
Correct answer: its

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the type of determiner to the examples.
Correct Answer:article,a, an, the

a, an, the

Correct Answer:possessive pronoun,my, your, their

my, your, their

Correct Answer:demonstrative,these, those, this

these, those, this

Correct Answer:quantifier,many, some, a few

many, some, a few

Q2.
Match each type of determiner to its purpose.
Correct Answer:possessive pronoun,shows who a noun belongs to

shows who a noun belongs to

Correct Answer:demonstrative,shows which nouns we are referring to

shows which nouns we are referring to

Correct Answer:quantifier,shows how many of a noun we are referring to

shows how many of a noun we are referring to

Q3.
Which of the following sentences contain a quantifier?
Correct answer: We need some bread.
I want these shoes.
Correct answer: There are many shops nearby.
Take those to the office.
Q4.
Which of these sentences contain a demonstrative?
Correct answer: Put those books away right now!
Correct answer: I bought these flowers for you.
I bought some flowers for you.
Put your books away right now!
Q5.
Put these quantifiers in order from least to most.
1 - one
2 - some
3 - plenty of
4 - all
Q6.
In which of these sentences does the demonstrative not work as a determiner that is introducing a noun?
Send me that letter.
Pass me those pieces of paper.
Correct answer: Pass me those.