Grammar- Determiners

Question 1

What is an Article Determiner?

Answer 1

• Definite article ‘the’ (indicates we are talking about a noun we know)
• Indefinite articles ‘a/an’ (picking out a noun for the first time)

Question 2

What is a Possessive Determiner?

Answer 2

• Determiner which shows who the noun belongs to
• my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• e.g. my pen.
• Can also be called Possessive Pronouns/Adjectives.

Question 3

What is a Demonstrative Determiner?

Answer 3

this, that, these, those, e.g. ‘this book’

Question 4

What is an Interrogative Determiner?

Answer 4

whose, which, what, e.g. ‘Which book is yours?’

Question 5

What is a Number Determiner?

Answer 5

one, two, three, e.t.c
first, second, third, e.g. ‘The second time I…’

Question 6

What are Indefinite Determiners?

Answer 6

each, either, neither, much, many, more, all, little, few, every, several, both, half, enough, some, no, any. e.g. ‘Many people attended the concert.’

Question 7

Define Determiners.

Answer 7

Words determining the number or status of the noun