What is Determiner ?
Determiner : A determiner is a word used before a noun to give more information about it. Determiner āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻā§ noun ā§° āĻāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ noun āĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ : Click Here
Types of Determiners : Determiner ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Articles : Show general or specific meaning / āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ : a, an, the : Click Here
Ex : I saw a boy. The sun is bright.
2. Demonstratives: Show pointing / āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž : this, that, these, those : Click Here
Ex: 1. This book is mine. 2. Those flowers are beautiful.
3. Possessives: Show ownership / āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ : my, your, his, her, its, our, their : Click Here
Ex: 1. This is my pen. 2. That is her bag.
4. Quantifiers: Show quantity / āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ : some, any, much, many, little, few : Click Here
Ex: 1. She has some water. 2. There are many students.
5. Numbers: Show number or order / āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ : one, two, three, first, second
Ex: 1. I have two pens. 2. He is the first boy.
Exam Tip :
1. Determiner āĻ¸āĻĻāĻžā§ noun ā§° āĻāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
2. Article = a, an, the
3. Demonstrative = this, that, these, those