PPT: Determiners | English Grammar Basic - Class 10 PDF Download

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What is a Determiner?
Determiners are words that come before a noun.
Determiners
the
my
a
Queen
They introduce the noun and can give the reader important information about it.
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What is a Determiner?
Determiners are words that come before a noun.
Determiners
the
my
a
Queen
They introduce the noun and can give the reader important information about it.
Specific Determiners
These refer to a specific noun.
Use specific determiners when the reader knows exactly 
what noun you are referring to.
the
The definite article
which
Interrogative 
determiner
Definite determiners
this those these that
Possessive determiners
her my his your
whose
our
their
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What is a Determiner?
Determiners are words that come before a noun.
Determiners
the
my
a
Queen
They introduce the noun and can give the reader important information about it.
Specific Determiners
These refer to a specific noun.
Use specific determiners when the reader knows exactly 
what noun you are referring to.
the
The definite article
which
Interrogative 
determiner
Definite determiners
this those these that
Possessive determiners
her my his your
whose
our
their
Specific Determiners in Action
Use specific determiners when the reader knows exactly 
what noun you are referring to.
Which film did you go and see?
Try completing this sentence using a specific determiner:
  Dad’s car broke down on the way home last
night.
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What is a Determiner?
Determiners are words that come before a noun.
Determiners
the
my
a
Queen
They introduce the noun and can give the reader important information about it.
Specific Determiners
These refer to a specific noun.
Use specific determiners when the reader knows exactly 
what noun you are referring to.
the
The definite article
which
Interrogative 
determiner
Definite determiners
this those these that
Possessive determiners
her my his your
whose
our
their
Specific Determiners in Action
Use specific determiners when the reader knows exactly 
what noun you are referring to.
Which film did you go and see?
Try completing this sentence using a specific determiner:
  Dad’s car broke down on the way home last
night.
General Determiners
These refer to general nouns or nouns that the reader does not know.
General determiners can also tell the reader how many nouns you are
talking about, these are called quantifiers.
a any
an
another
other what
some five few more
all
enough
many less
Quantifiers