What are Determiners, determiners Exercises & Examples

TYPES OF DETERMINERS 

Definition of Determiners-     Determiners are words that determine or fix the Meaning of the noun that follows. In other words, they modify nouns. These can be divided as follows:

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Note: No two of these words can be put before a noun side by side. ( We can’t say-my this dog’, ‘these some girls’ .)

 USE OF DETERMINERS ALONGWITH DETERMINER LIST

The major function of these Determiners is to point out individual things or persons but not to describe them

 Determiners are used with nouns which may be classified as countable and uncountable. Following are the examples of determiners

(a)Each and Every: Each is used for one of the two things or one of many things. Everyone is used for one of many things and never for two things; as,

Each of the two men was arrested.

Each soldier of the army was well armed.

Every student of the class appeared in the examination.

Note: Each and Everyone takes a singular verb.

(b)Either and Neither: Either has two meanings

(i) One of the two

(ii) Each of the two (that is both neither is the opposite of either and it means neither the one nor the other :

 Take either half; they are exactly the same.

You must not favour either side in the dispute I like neither of them.

(c)Some are used in affirmative sentences wit! Uncountable and plural countable nouns:

He has read some books.

Some of my clothes were spoiled by the washerman.

Some are, however, used in questions which are really commands or requests; as,

Will you please lend me some money?

Do you need some Motley?

(d)Any is generally used in Negative and Interrogative sentences; as,

He has not read any hooks.

 Have you read any books?

Any is also used in affirmative sentences before plural nouns and uncountable nouns when we refer to a quantity of something which may or may not exist.

You can come to any Site you want.

 Read the letter to check if there is any mistake in it.

(e)All denotes number as well as quantity and requires a singular verb when it is followed by an uncountable noun.

All that glitters is not gold.

All require a plural verb when followed by countable plural nouns.

All the apples are rotten.

All students should come.

(f)Both are used when two things or persons are involved in the Same kind. It may follow by ‘and’.

Both the children are intelligent.

Both of his cousins can sing well.

 Both Radha and Shona have come.

 Ritik cannot have it both ways.

(g) Few, A few, The few: It denotes a number. Few have a negative sense and means in ‘none’ or hard. ‘any’. A few are used in the affirmative and means ‘some but not many’. The few have both affirmative as well negative sense. It means ‘not many but all of them.; as,

He has few friends. (no friends or hardly any)

He has a few friends. ( some)

The few friends he has are all selfish. (small in number, but all of them).

 (h)  Little, A little, The little: It refers to amount or quantity. Little means hardly any.A little means some. The little means some but not much; as

He has little money. (no money or hardly any)

He has a little money (some)

He has spent the little money he had. (a small quantity but the whole of it)

(i)Many and Much: Many denotes a number. It is used before plural countable nouns.

He has man friends to help him.

Many stories were written by them.

Note that ‘many a’ is followed by a singular noun and takes a singular verb; as

Many a person visits a great leader.

Many a child wants to cat chocolates.

Much denotes quantity and emphasises a large amount.

 He has much money.

She spent much time on the useless works.

(j)Less and Fewer: Less denotes the quantity; fewer denotes number and are known as comparative determiners.

You shall take less.

 There are less than ten boys in the classroom.

There are fewer rooms in this house.

Note that Less is usually used before uncountable nouns and fewer is used before plural nouns.

(k)More is a comparative determiner. It is usually used before plural and uncountable nouns with than. it is also used to refer to an additional quantity of something without than.

They want more players like him.

 More of them have conic back.

Prateek is more intelligent than Ritik.

(m)No, None: No precedes the noun that it qualifies and none follows it :

The poor boy had no money for books.

I wanted some string but there was none in the house.

(n) First, Foremost; First refers to the position; foremost means the most important.

January is the first month of the year.

Leonardo was the foremost painter of the period.

(o)  Same, Such: Same is used to denote identical (unchanged, not different) thing;

such is used to denote things or happenings of the same kind or degree :

We have lived in the same house for ten years.

He is the same age as his cousin.

I hope never to have another such experience.

 (p)  Enough expresses the quantity or quality which I am needed and is used before uncountable nouns or plural nouns.

He has not enough food on the plate.

Aman is strong enough to face the problem.

There is enough space to play in.

(q) Several are used for numbers which are imprecise and that is not so large but more than two.

 He confronted the same problem several times.

There are several reasons for his crime.

Several of the books were found damaged.

(r) Most expresses nearly all of a group or amount.

Most of the boys are good at English.

Most of the pupils are weak.

(s) Each other and one another: Each other is used for two while one another is used for more than two; as,

The two friends helped each other.

We should help one another in difficulties.

(t) Another: It is used with singular countable no to talk about an additional person or the thing the same type.

Could you have another cup of tea?

COMPOUND DETERMINERS

 With “some’, ‘any’, ‘no’

Something, Somebody, Sometimes, Somewhere, Anybody, Anyone, Anywhere, Anything, Nobody, Nothing, Nowhere, e.g.

Something is better than nothing.

I sometimes have letters for him.

Is there anyone at the door ?)

 Nobody else offered to help.

Use of Some Compound Determiners :

 Rita spends a lot of money on clothes.

Take plenty of water in the summer season.

He has stored a large quantity of coal for the rainy season.

He spends a good deal of money on medicines.

I saw a large number of people present in the hall.

The following chart helps to show non-determiners (in common use) classified according to the type of noun that may follow.

Determiners Exercises & Examples

Determiners Exercise No.1

Determiners Exercise No.2

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