Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives
I can use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.
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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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Determiners are a word class.
- A determiner introduces a noun in a clause.
- Determiners can be articles or possessive pronouns.
- Determiners can be quantifiers.
- 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.
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
a, an, the
my, your, their
these, those, this
many, some, a few
shows who a noun belongs to
shows which nouns we are referring to
shows how many of a noun we are referring to