Determiners

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Determiners
By - Mr. Nityanandesh Narayan Tripathi (PGT
English) JNV, Baghmara, SG Hills, Meghalaya
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Determiners (Definition) -
The words that are used to limit, determine or
qualify the meaning of a Noun or Pronoun are
known as Determiners.
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Determiners (Types) -
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Articles (Definition) -
These are the words that tell whether the Noun is
General (indefinite) or Particular (definite).
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Articles (Types) -
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Definite Article (Definition) -
THE - This article tells about the
particularity of a Noun or Pronoun.
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Definite Article (Explanation) -
THE - Suppose some students are playing in the
ground and the teacher needs to call a specific
boy from them then he will use the sentence
Call the boy in yellow shirt from play
ground. Simultaneously he will indicate towards
him.
Teacher is calling this boy
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Indefinite Article (Definition) -
A / An - This article tells about the
generality of a Noun or Pronoun.
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Indefinite Article (Explanation) -
A / An - Suppose some students are playing in
the ground and the teacher needs to call any boy
from them then he will use the sentence Call
a boy in yellow shirt form play ground. He need
not indicate towards any specific boy. Hence any
boy can be called from the boys playing in yellow
shirt.
Any boy can be called.
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Articles (Pronunciation) -
In sentence
In isolation

1. In sentence
2. With Consonants

1. In isolation
2. With Vowels

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Articles (Uses) -
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Articles (The - Detailed Uses) -

• Before the unique objects or things.
• (i) the Tajmahal (ii) the Himalaya (iii) The
  Bible (iv) The Ganges
• Before a thing mentioned second time.
• (i) the pen that I gave to you. (ii) I gave a
  book to you. Where is the book?
• Before superlatives.
• (i) the best boy. (ii) the tallest building
  (iii) Last student
• Before ordinals.
• (i) the First student (ii) the second Position
• Before noun of noun combination.
• (i) The Bay of Bengal (ii) The United
  States of America
• Before Plural surname.
• (i) The Sharmas (ii) The Smiths
• Before Adjectives representing the whole class.
• (i) The Old All Old People (ii) The
  Intelligent All Intelligent

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Articles (The - Example) -
The
The Gunga is a sacred river.
You must know that I am the most intelligent girl
of school
Can you find the United States of America in this
Map?
The Sharmas are dancing in this party.
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Articles (A / An - Detailed Uses) -
A / An

1. A - before the words starting with consonant
   sound.
2. An - before the words starting with Vowel sound.

• A / An is used to show the singularity of Noun or
  Pronoun.
• A / An is used to show the uncertainty about some
  noun or pronoun.
• A / An is used to represent the whole class of
  something.

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Articles (A / An - Example) -
A / An
A Ship is sailing in sea.
(A single ship is sailing.)
A Child needs love.
(All children or any child needs love.)
A Mr. Sharma is teaching English.
(Here the name or identity of Mr. Sharma is not
known)
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Possessive Pronoun (Definition) -
Pronoun used to show the possession of something
by someone only, not by any one else, is known as
Possessive Pronoun.
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Possessive Pronoun (Types) -
Pronoun used at the place of Subject
Pronoun used at the Place of Object
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Possessive Pronoun (Classification) -
Subjective Subjective Objective Objective
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st Person My Our Mine Ours
2nd Person Your Your Yours Yours
3rd Person His, Her, Its Their Him, Her, It Theirs
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Possessive Pronoun (Example) -
This is my cat. (This cat belongs to me only.)
This gun is mine. (This gun belongs to me only.)
That is your car. (That car belongs to you only.)
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Adjectives (Definition) -
These are the words that are used to modify the
meaning of a noun or pronoun. They do it by
telling the quality, quantity, etc. of a noun or
pronoun.
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Adjectives (Types) -
Tri Colour Flag
Two Girls
Many Butterflies
This Dog
All People
Whose Scooter
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Adjectives (Examples) -
Adjectives Examples
Qualitative Good, Bad, Ugly, Beautiful, etc.
Quantitative Some, More, Much, Less, Many
Distributive Each, Every, All, Neither, Either
Numeral Cardinal One, Two, Three, etc. Ordinal First, Second, etc.
Demonstrative This, These, Those, That, Such
Interrogative What, Which, whose, etc.
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How to Identify Determiners -

• To identify a determiner following methods can be
  applied -
• Learn all the elements of determiners. or
• Generally all the words, except verbs and
  connectors, coming before Noun or Pronoun are
  determiners.

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