Determiners (Vocabulary: Language Study Terms)

DETERMINERS (Vocabulary: Language Study Terms)

Words that show which person or thing a noun refers to. They identify (determine) the noun(s).

Rules:

• Used before some nouns (dog, dogs) or their adjectives (good dog)
• Required before a singular common countable noun (dog)
• Optional before plural common countable nouns (dogs) or uncountable common nouns (water)
• Seldom used before proper nouns (Bella)

Types:

• articles: a, an, the
• A dog is waiting outside.
• demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• That dog is mine.
• possessive adjectives: my, your, her, his, our, its, their, Bella's
• Bella's bowl is empty.
• quantifiers: a little, a lot of, few, many, much, most, some, enough
• Many dogs love bones.
• numbers: one, fifteen, sixty-six
• One dog is enough for some families (not ours!).
• distributives: both, all, half, neither, either, every, each
• All dogs need love.
• interrogatives: what, which, whose
• Whose dog is this?

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