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Year 4

Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns

I can use an article or a possessive pronoun to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.

New
New
Year 4

Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns

I can use an article or a possessive pronoun to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Determiners are a word class.
  2. A determiner introduces a noun in a clause or phrase.
  3. A determiner may be followed by an adjective or pair of adjectives then the noun.
  4. Determiners can be articles.
  5. Determiners can be possessive pronouns.

Common misconception

Pupils may not spot a determiner if adjectives are used between the determiner and the noun.

Emphasise that adjectives can be placed between the determiner and the noun.

Keywords

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

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

  • Article - a type of determiner that denotes specificity of a noun

  • Possessive pronoun - a type of determiner that denotes possession of a noun by another noun

When choosing the best determiner for a gap in a sentence, encourage children to say the sentences aloud - they will often 'sound right' or 'sound wrong'.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the word class to its meaning.
Correct Answer:noun,a naming word for a person, place or thing

a naming word for a person, place or thing

Correct Answer:adjective,describes a noun

describes a noun

Correct Answer:verb,a doing, being or having word

a doing, being or having word

Correct Answer:adverb,describes a verb

describes a verb

Q2.
Which words are adjectives in this sentence? 'As the soft snow fell, we stepped into the warm hut'.
snow
Correct answer: warm
fell
Correct answer: soft
Q3.
Which words are verbs in this sentence? 'As the soft snow fell, we stepped into the warm hut'.
Correct answer: fell
as
we
Correct answer: stepped
Q4.
Which word in this sentence is an adverb? 'I wanted to go quickly, but Sam refused.'
wanted
go
Correct answer: quickly
refused
Q5.
Which words in this sentence are common nouns? 'We could go straight up the hill, or we could go around the side.'
straight
Correct answer: hill
around
Correct answer: side
Q6.
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.
1 - noun
2 - verb
3 - adverb
4 - adjective
5 - noun

6 Questions

Q1.
What kind of word is introduced by a determiner?
adverb
verb
Correct answer: noun
adjective
Q2.
Which type of determiner are the following words? a, an, the
possessive pronouns
adjectives
Correct answer: articles
Q3.
Which type of determiner are the following words? my, your, its, our, their, his, her
Correct answer: possessive pronouns
adjectives
articles
Q4.
Which determiners could fill the gap in this sentence? 'As I walked into the house, I put __________ keys on the table'.
a
an
Correct answer: the
Correct answer: my
Q5.
What are the three determiners in this sentence? 'We gave the dog its bone and it was happy for an hour.'
Correct answer: the
Correct answer: its
it
Correct answer: an
Q6.
Are the determiners in this sentence articles or possessive pronouns? 'I asked my uncle to drive our family to his house'.
Correct answer: possessive pronouns
articles