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TYPES OF DETERMINERS - Coggle Diagram
TYPES OF DETERMINERS
Possessives
My (
pronoun: I
):
My
car is a red Sedan
Your (
pronoun: you
):
Your
charisma is enchanting!
His (
pronoun: he
):
His
result was the highest last semester
Her (
pronoun: she
): I hope
her
dog would find the collar
Its (
pronoun: it
): It seems that the cat loves
its
new toy!
Their (
pronoun: they
): All of
their
bicycle are stolen
Our (
pronoun: we
): We're very proud of
our
children no matter what talent they have
Definite articles:
the
Use 'the' after you have talk about it the first time
This is a dog.
The
dog has blue collar around his neck
Use 'the' when the person you are talking to already knows what you are talking about.
I am going to
the
bank
There is someone knocking at the door. It must be
the
repairman
Use 'the' when the noun is known as the only single object or concept ever existed
The
sun shines so bright today
How does
the
Internet work?
Quantifiers
Quantifiers that can only be used with uncountable nouns:
much, little, less, least.
Quantifiers that can be used with both count and uncount nouns :
some, any, enough, no, all, half, more, most, a lot of.
Quantifiers that can only be used with plural nouns:
both, several, may, a few, fewer and fewest
Indefinite articles:
a/an
a
: Used before words that begin with consonant sounds
I bought a new watch
He is a teacher
an
: Used before words that begin with vowels sounds
Mark is an actor
Maria is an heiress in that kingdom
Demonstratives
SINGULAR
This
His father's family has been in
this
country for three years
That
That
comment didn't sound very nice
PLURAL
These
If they could talk, what tales
these
hills are going to tell?
Those
Those
jeans make your legs look long
Numbers
Cardinal
: A number that denotes quantity (eg. one, ten, hundred)
I wish I had
four hundred
dollars to pay off my student loan
My mother has
twelve
different cardigans
Ordinal
: A number that tells the position of something in a list (eg. first, second, third)
I am the
second
daughter among five siblings
I will have the
third batch
of cookies ready before evening
Distributives
Only use
each
and
every
with a
singular
noun although the context means plural.
Use
either
or
neither
to show one or two things