Determiners Flashcards
(28 cards)
What are determiners?
Words that introduce nouns and help specify them.
What type of determiner is ‘the’?
Definite article.
What type of determiner is ‘a’?
Indefinite article.
Fill in the blank: ‘___ dog is barking.’
The
Fill in the blank: ‘I saw ___ elephant at the zoo.’
an
True or False: Articles can be used with uncountable nouns.
True
What is the main use of the definite article ‘the’?
To refer to specific nouns.
What is the main use of indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’?
To refer to non-specific nouns.
What are demonstrative determiners?
Words like ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’, and ‘those’ used to indicate specific nouns.
Which demonstrative determiner would you use for something close and singular?
‘this’
Which demonstrative determiner would you use for something far and plural?
‘those’
What is a quantifying determiner?
A determiner that expresses quantity, such as ‘some’, ‘many’, ‘few’.
Fill in the blank: ‘___ of the apples are rotten.’
Some
What is the purpose of interrogative determiners?
To ask questions about nouns.
Which interrogative determiner is used to ask about quantity?
‘how many’
What is a possessive determiner?
A word that shows ownership, such as ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’.
Fill in the blank: ‘___ book is on the table.’
My
True or False: ‘some’ is a possessive determiner.
False
What is the function of the determiner in the noun phrase ‘the large dog’?
To specify and modify the noun ‘dog’.
Can you use multiple determiners together? (Yes/No)
No
What do you call a noun that does not use any determiner?
No-article use.
When do you typically use no-article?
With plural nouns when speaking generally.
Fill in the blank: ‘___ children are playing outside.’
Children
What type of noun does ‘many’ modify?
Countable nouns.
