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Unit: 06 A Moment of Fun: Let's Learn Determiners

Unit 06 A Moment of Fun teaches about determiners. There are 5 main types of determiners: 1) articles like a, an, the; 2) demonstrative determiners like this, that; 3) possessive determiners like my, your; 4) interrogative determiners like what, which; and 5) numbers like five, twenty. The lesson provides examples and exercises to help students understand when to use different determiners properly in sentences.

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Unit: 06 A Moment of Fun: Let's Learn Determiners

Unit 06 A Moment of Fun teaches about determiners. There are 5 main types of determiners: 1) articles like a, an, the; 2) demonstrative determiners like this, that; 3) possessive determiners like my, your; 4) interrogative determiners like what, which; and 5) numbers like five, twenty. The lesson provides examples and exercises to help students understand when to use different determiners properly in sentences.

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Unit : 06 A Moment of Fun

Let’s learn Determiners


Grade - 11

By: Nadeesha Lankadhikara


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Definition of Determiners: Types of Determiners

A determiner is a general term for the 02


“words or a group of words that appear
01 03
before a noun or a noun phrase.”
They’re meant to describe the noun or
noun phrase by either specifying,
05 04
identifying or quantifying it.
01) The Articles
The words a, an and the belong to this group of words called determiners. The words a and an
are called indefinite articles. You can use them with singular nouns to talk about any single
person or thing.
The word the is called the definite article. Use the
before a noun when you are talking about a certain
person or thing

Do you wear a Can you hear a The telephone is ringing Tom has won the race The ice is
uniform to school? bird singing ? melting
You also use the before a
noun when there is only
The article an is usually used before one.
words beginning with vowels. The article For example:
the sun
a is used before words beginning with the moon
consonants. Where’s the cat?
the sky
I think she is under the bed
the front door of my house
02
03)Demonstrative Determiners
The words this, that, these and those are determiners. They are used to tell which thing or
person you mean. These words are called demonstrative determiners, or demonstrative
adjectives.
You use this and these to point to people or things near you. You use that and those to point
to people or things that are farther from you. You use this and that before singular nouns.
You use these and those before plural nouns.
Here’s a table to help you remember the rules:
I am selling those books.

James lives in this I am keeping these


house books.
04) Possessive Determiners
The words my, your, his, her, its, our, their are called possessive determiners or posessive
adjectives. Use these words before nouns to say who something belongs to.

1) Is this your house?


2) Robert, your handwriting is difficult to read.
3) Michael is showing his tortoise to his friends.
4) My sister lost her way in the city.
5) The lion is chasing its prey
I lent Margaret my
guitar.
 Here is a table to help you remember the possessive determiners.

The dentist asked his


patient to open her
mouth.
05) Interrogative Determiners
Use the words what, which and whose before nouns to ask about people or things. These
words are called interrogative determiners or interrrogative adjectives.

What size do you


wear?

What kind of bird is


Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

Exercise 2 : Write a, an or the in the blanks to complete the sentences..


1 There is ___a_____ rainbow in ___the_____ sky. 6 What’s ______ largest animal in ________ world?
2 Who is ________ man outside ______ gate? 7 There’s ________ nest in ________ tree.
3 ________ doctor gave Jane ________ injection. 8 Sue is writing ________ letter to her grandfather.
4 Paul opened ________ door to let ________ dog in. 9 Jack has ________ brother and ________ sister.
5 Mark is ________ only child in _______ family. 10 We reached ________ top of ______ hill in two hours.
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct demonstrative adjectives.

1 Come and look at __this______ insects. 4 Bring ________ chairs here.


2 Stop ________ man! 5 ________ ice cream is delicious.
3 I was in fifth grade last year. I am in sixth grade 6 Can you see ________ stars in the sky?
________ year.

Exercise 4: Are the underlined words demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns?


Write DA (for demonstrative adjectives) or DP (for demonstrative pronouns) in the blanks.

1 This house has five bedrooms. _DP______ 6 What’s that noise? _______
2 Who is that man? _______ 7 These books are Jane’s. _______
3 This is our school. _______ 8 Those books belong to me. _______
4 These are wild animals. _______ 9 These are donkeys. _______
5 That is right. _______ 10 Those are horses. _______
Exercise 5: Choose the correct possessive adjectives from thebox to fill in the blanks.

Is this Jane’s dog? Yes, this is _her_____ dog.


5 I am going to ________ aunt’s house this evening.
2 The dog is chasing ________ own tail.
6 We always keep ________ classroom clean.
3 Peter, is ________ father at home?
7 Children, have you all finished ________ homework?
4 Rudy is showing ________ stamps to Ali.
8 The children are proud of ________ school.
Exercise 6: Choose the correct interrogative adjectives from the box to fill in the blanks..

1 _what__ kind of animal is that? 5 ________ handphone is ringing?


2 ________ runner is the winner? 6 ________ is your name?
3 ________ is the matter? 7 ________ twin is taller?
4 ________ desk is this? 8 ________ hand is holding the pebble?

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