Enhance Your Learning with Determiners Flash Cards for quick learning
The definite article 'the' is used before a noun to refer to something specific or previously mentioned.
The indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' are used before a noun to refer to something non-specific or for the first mention of a noun.
Demonstrative determiners such as 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those' are used to point to specific people or things.
Possessive determiners such as 'my', 'your', 'his', 'her', 'its', 'our', and 'their' are used to show ownership or possession.
Quantifiers such as 'some', 'any', 'many', 'much', 'few', 'little', 'several', 'a lot of', 'plenty of', and 'most' are used to express quantity or amount.
Interrogative determiners such as 'which' and 'what' are used to ask questions about nouns.
Distributive determiners such as 'each', 'every', 'either', and 'neither' are used to refer to individual members of a group or to make a choice between two things.
Relative determiners such as 'whose', 'which', and 'that' are used to introduce relative clauses and connect them to nouns.
Negative determiners such as 'no' and 'none' are used to indicate the absence or non-existence of something.
Predeterminers such as 'all', 'both', 'half', 'twice', 'double', 'single', 'triple', and 'many' are used before other determiners to provide additional information about quantity or number.
Articles are a type of determiner that include the definite article 'the' and the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an'.
The demonstrative determiner 'this' is used to refer to something that is close to the speaker in distance or time.
The demonstrative determiner 'that' is used to refer to something that is farther away from the speaker in distance or time.
The demonstrative determiner 'these' is used to refer to multiple things that are close to the speaker in distance or time.
The demonstrative determiner 'those' is used to refer to multiple things that are farther away from the speaker in distance or time.
The possessive determiner 'my' is used to show ownership or possession by the speaker.
The possessive determiner 'your' is used to show ownership or possession by the person or people being spoken to.
The possessive determiner 'his' is used to show ownership or possession by a male person or thing.
The possessive determiner 'her' is used to show ownership or possession by a female person or thing.
The possessive determiner 'its' is used to show ownership or possession by a thing or animal.
The possessive determiner 'our' is used to show ownership or possession by a group of people including the speaker.
The possessive determiner 'their' is used to show ownership or possession by a group of people not including the speaker.
The quantifier 'some' is used to refer to an unspecified or unknown quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'any' is used to refer to an unlimited or unknown quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'many' is used to refer to a large number or amount.
The quantifier 'much' is used to refer to a large quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'few' is used to refer to a small number or amount.
The quantifier 'little' is used to refer to a small quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'several' is used to refer to more than two but not many.
The quantifier 'a lot of' is used to refer to a large quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'plenty of' is used to refer to a more than sufficient quantity or amount.
The quantifier 'most' is used to refer to the majority or greatest amount.
The interrogative determiner 'which' is used to ask questions about a specific choice or selection.
The interrogative determiner 'what' is used to ask questions about an unknown or unspecified thing or things.
The distributive determiner 'each' is used to refer to every individual member of a group or to indicate one by one.
The distributive determiner 'every' is used to refer to all the individual members of a group or to indicate all without exception.
The distributive determiner 'either' is used to refer to one of two choices or possibilities.
The distributive determiner 'neither' is used to refer to none of two choices or possibilities.
The relative determiner 'whose' is used to ask about ownership or possession and to introduce relative clauses.
The negative determiner 'no' is used to indicate the absence or non-existence of something.
The negative determiner 'none' is used to indicate the absence or non-existence of something.
The predeterminer 'all' is used to refer to the whole quantity or amount of something.
The predeterminer 'both' is used to refer to two people or things together.
The predeterminer 'half' is used to refer to one of two equal parts of something.
The predeterminer 'twice' is used to refer to two times the quantity or amount of something.
The predeterminer 'double' is used to refer to two times the quantity or amount of something.
The predeterminer 'single' is used to refer to one person or thing.
The predeterminer 'triple' is used to refer to three times the quantity or amount of something.