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Question
Read the following :
- The necklace
- an error
- all these things
- another woman
- one evening
- her husband.
In all these phrases we see some words used before the nouns. They specify or make it clear what noun we are talking about. These words that are used at the beginning of a noun phrase are known as determiners.
Determiners include articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, our, your, her, etc.), demonstratives (words like this, that), quantifiers (much, many, etc.), numerals, etc.
Write your phrases using each type of determiner.
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Solution
Articles:
- the book
- an elephant
Possessive pronoun:
- my shirt
- your car
Demonstrative:
- these sweets
- those moments
Quantifiers:
- many students
- few benches
Numerals:
- three doors
- seven horses.
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