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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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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.

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.

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

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.