Determiners and quantifiers are little words that precede and modify nouns. There are about 50 different determiners in the english language they include articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, quantifiers, numbers etc. Rules for indefinite articles a is used if the letter before the next word starts with a consistent not a vowel a, e, i, o, u. Quantifiers state precisely or suggest approximately the amount or the number of a noun. The three articles an, a, and the are also the determiners in the english language. Determiners are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or something of a particular type. Anysome stressed anysome unstressed guide to grammar and writing. Demonstratives, possessives and quantifiers indefinite pronouns. This first gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of determiners, articles, quantifiers of english grammar. Some of my friends, some of the friends not some the. Pronouns and determiners pronoun determiner this is a very boring book.
Determiners, articles, quantifiers advanced level test. Quantifiers determiners exercises choose the appropriate quantifier determiner. Quantifiers further belong to a much larger class called determiners, which are basically the words people use at the beginning noun phrases. Articles ordinals numbers a an the first second third last next one two three four twenty fifty hundred demonstratives possessive adj.
The quantifiers are any, all, many, much, most, some, a few, and a lot of, a little, a large amount of, none, and the cardinal numbers one, two, three, four, etc. Other popular determiners are called demonstratives e. It seems we have had a lot of, many, lots of assignments in english this year. Here are some of the common determiners in english. Determiners may be divided into definite determiners and indefinite determiners. Both english learners and esl teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of english determiners, articles, quantifiers.
Determiners and quantifiers get all tests in pdf need a photocopiable pdf with tests from this category. Demonstrative, interrogative, and possessive determiners jene that. Types of determiners english grammar english the easy way. This workbook is a complete selflearning companion for your students to learn articles determiners. For example, the definite and indefinite articles, the and an. Use an indefinite article before singular count nouns where aan means one. Among determiners, most grammars single out the following classes. Theyre meant to inform us whether a noun phrase being used is specific or general in nature. General information some, any, no, none, one quantifiers are words which show how many things or how much of something we are talking about. Determiners are used before nouns or phrases to express its reference in a context. Designed by teachers with over 20 years of experience, this workbook is a very detailed journey into understanding each and every concept, following a knowledge map approach.
Pdf the present study is an attempt to investigate some difficulties that university students of english face when using quantifiers in their written. An important role in english grammar is played by determiners words or phrases that precede a noun or noun phrase and serve to express its reference in the context to give more information about the noun the most common of these are the definite and indefinite articles. Multiple choice, fill in the word, select from drop down. More on quantifiers 1quantifiers used with singular count nouns. Quantifiers are used to determine the physical as well as psychological quantities for both countable as well as uncountable nouns too much pressure, several apples, many people, much.
Sometimes these words will tell the reader or listener whether were referring to a specific or general thing the garage out back. Most, many, a lot of americans dont like george bush 4. I think he drank a lot of, lots of, much wine last night. This limited nature of most determiner categories, however, explains why determiners are grouped apart from adjectives even though both serve a modifying function. Shevchenko could shoot very well with his either foot. Learn different types of determiners in english with meaning, list and example sentences. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles or determiners. These expressions are mainly some, any, many, much, a lot of, a little, a few etc. German can cooccur with a primarily definite determiner. They are much, many, a little, a few, a lot of, some, any, no, none, both, all, either, neither, each, every, the others, another.
As will be pointed out in the next chapter, when a determiner is used as an adjective modifying a noun, the determiner usually precedes any. Determiners and quantifiers learnenglish british council. Articles are used to help the reader or listener understand which noun is being talked about. Use a, an, or no article with generic references a generic noun is a symbol. Pdf using quantifiers in english university students. Read clear grammar explanations and example sentences to help you understand how determiners and quantifiers are used. Articles, determiners, and quantifiers guide to grammar and writing.
An is used if the letter before the next a vowel a, e, i, o, u or a vowel sound. They quantify they can be grouped by the noun types they quantify. Some categories of determiners are limited there are only three articles, a handful of possessive pronouns, etc. Use the pages in this section to help you use english determiners correctly. Quantifier determiners definition, list, examples and. Most determiners may also function as pronouns such as. Determiners and quantifiers are useful in letting us know more about the noun that they refer.
In addition to articles, this system includes the pronouns. Articles, determiners, and quantifiers are those little words that precede and modify nouns. Pdf the author examines the special syntactic features of the adjective. Possessives my our your his her its their ordinals first second third next last quantifiers much some, no any, many enough several little, all lot of. Articles and determiners exercise english practice. Here is a quick overview of articles, determiners and quantifiers. Determiners, articles and possessives english grammar.
The choice of the proper article or determiner to precede a noun or noun phrase is usually not a problem for writers who have grown up speaking english, nor is it. Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. Using articlesdeterminers moorpark college writing center indefinite articles. Determiners and quantifiers are words we use in front of nouns. Determiners are words or phrases that give us more information about nouns in the sentence.
Quantifiers and determiners exercises quantity words. Possessive, ordinals, quantifiers, articles, numerals, predeterminers, distributives. Articles, determiners, and quantifiers guide to grammar. Quantifiers are also determiners which modify a noun to indicate its quantity. Could i add the definite article before claims in the following sentence. We use determiners to identify things this book, my sister and we use quantifiers to say how much or how many a few people, a lot of problems.
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