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.

Answer 1

Articles:

1. the book
2. an elephant

Possessive pronoun:

1. my shirt
2. your car

Demonstrative:

1. these sweets
2. those moments

Quantifiers:

1. many students
2. few benches

Numerals:

1. three doors
2. seven horses.