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In this unit you will use the words which help to identify things – to say whether they are known or unknown to the listener, which one(s) the speaker is talking about, whether the speaker is thinking of specific examples or talking in general. You will also work with words which say ‘how much’ or ‘how many’.
There are twenty determiners in the grid given below. Encircle these determiners.
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Solution
- most
- every
- some
- now
- one
- the
- more
- an
- several
- both
- either
- little
- never
- each
- neither
- many
- another
- there
- here
- any
- lot
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By H.G.Wells
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| Names | Category | Use of the | Conclusion | Other examples |
| Himalyas | Mountain range | The' is used before names of mountain ranges |
The Alps The Andes |
|
| Mount Everest | ||||
| Cities | Pune, Delhi | |||
| India Nepal |
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People's Republic of China |
A country whose name includes words like republic, union etc. | |||
| Rivers | ||||
| Dal lake | ||||
| Deserts |
Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns
Now get into groups of four, compare your answers, and decide which of
the determiners can be used with
..................................... countable nouns only
.................................... uncountable nouns only
........................................... both countable and uncountable nouns
Fill in the table below as you do this activity
| Countable (C) | Uncountable (U) | Both (C) and (U) |
| a pen | some water | some pens / some water |
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