KEY: a .the  b. The  c. an  d. a e . an    f. the   g.  a      h.  a  i. the  j. the   k. the  

l. a  m. the

DETERMINERS:

Note down the following in your english copy. 

What are Determiners?

Answer:

Determiners are words that come before nouns. They help us know which noun we are talking about and how many.

👉 Example:
a book, the pen, my bag

Important Notes:

Singular nouns always need a determiner.

✔️ a cat, the boy

Plural nouns may or may not need a determiner.

✔️ books / the books

Uncountable nouns sometimes use determiners, depending on the meaning.

✔️ some water, much sugar

Types of Determiners

  1. Articles – a, an, the
    👉 a pencil, an apple, the sun

  2. Possessive Determiners – my, your, his, her, our, their, whose
    👉 my pen, her bag

  3. Demonstrative Determiners – this, that, these, those
    👉 this book, those shoes

  4. Quantifiers – some, any, many, much, few, a few, each, every
    👉 many students, some milk

  5. Numbers – one, two, three, twenty, forty
    👉 two apples, five pens (cardinal numbers - one, two, three .... and ordinal numbers - first, second, third .... etc)

HOMEWORK

Complete the introduction given below to the story The Story Teller by Saki (H. H. Munro), by using ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

The afternoon was hot, and so was (a) ______ railway carriage. (b) ______ next stop was at Templecombe, nearly (c) ______ hour ahead. In the carriage were a small girl, (d) ______ smaller girl, and a small boy. (e) ______ aunt responsible for (f) ______ children sat in (g) ______ corner seat, and in (h) ______ further corner seat on (i) ______ opposite side, was a man who was a stranger to them, but (j) ______ small girls and the small boy were (k) ______ ones who filled the compartment. The children chatted on and on with their aunt, like (l) ______ houseflies which refuse to be put off. Most of the aunt’s remarks seemed to begin with “Don’t”, and nearly all of (m) ______ children’s remarks began with “Why?”