Topic : DETERMINERS
Determiners Examples, Determiners meaning in Hindi, Types Of Determiners – Article, Demonstratives, Possessives, Quantifiers
What are determiners?
A determiner is used to modify a noun. It indicates reference to something specific or something of a particular type. This function is usually performed by articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, or quantifiers.
Determiners meaning in Hindi
- निर्धारक – nirdhaarak
Determiners vs pronouns
Determiners are followed by a noun.
The man This book Some people Subject pronouns ( I , you , he , etc.) and possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, etc.) cannot be determiners because they can never be followed by a noun.
Types of determiners
Article Determiners
The definite and indefinite articles are all determiners.
Definite article – the
Indefinite article – a or an (a is used before a consonant sound; an is used before a vowel sound.)
Determiners Examples:
Close the door, please.
I’ve got a friend in Canada.
Demonstrative Determiner
There are four demonstrative determiners in English and they are: this, that, these and those
Note that demonstrative determiners can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. When they are used as determiners they are followed by the nouns they modify.
Determiners Examples / Compare:
This is my camera. (Demonstrative used as a pronoun, subject of the verb is)
This camera is mine. (Demonstrative used as a determiner modifying the noun camera.)
Possessive Determiners
Possessive adjectives – my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their – modify the noun following it in order to show possession.
Possessive determiners are different from possessive pronouns – mine, his, hers, yours, ours, theirs.
Possessive pronouns can stand alone and are not followed by nouns.
Possessive determiners, on the other hand, are followed by nouns.
Determiners Examples / Compare:
This is my house. (my is a possessive determiner. It is followed by the noun house which it modifies)
Is that car yours? (yours is a possessive pronoun. It is not followed by a noun.)
Quantifier Determiners
Quantifiers are followed by nouns which they modify. Examples of quantifiers include:
some, any, few, little, more, much, many, each, every, both, all, enough, half, little, whole, less etc.
Quantifiers are commonly used before either countable or uncountable nouns.
Determiners Examples:
He knows more people than his wife.
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing .
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WORKSHEET
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate determiner.
1. Have you got….some….. oil? (some / any)
2. I didn’t do ……………………. work yesterday. (much / many)
3. How …………………….. eggs do you want? (much / many)
4. She hasn’t got ………………………. friends in the city. (much / many)
5. …………………….. money has been wasted on the project. (much /many)
6. You can drink as ……………………. milk as you want. (much / many)
7. Hurry up. We haven’t got ……………………… time. (many / much)
8. I could answer only …………………… questions. (a few / a little)
9. There is ………………….. milk in the fridge if you want to make tea. (a few / a little)
10. I haven’t got …………………… money. (much / many)
11. There isn’t …………………… rice left. (much / many)
12. There are ………………….. bright students in this class. (much / many)
13. I have got ………………. ‘A’ grade in Science. ( a/an)
14. This is pen ……………. ? (his/ yours)