DETERMINERS
These are words that come at the beginning of
a noun phrase. It serves as a marker to identify
nouns within the sentence about their quantity,
definiteness or ownership.
- Also called limiting adjectives.
1. The last room on the right is our classroom.
2. Marcus painted four walls of the room.
3. I have traveled to the United States several
times.
,Types of Determiners
A. Articles – this is a part of speech and this
type of determiners specifies if noun in
known or unknown to the speaker. It is a
determiner that precedes a noun or noun
phrase and identifies it as either specific or
nonspecific.
The – restricts the meaning of a noun to make
it more specific or definite.
, a. Definite article- is the the. It is definite if it
is known and it indicates specific thing (the
bathroom, the school, the performers, the
freshmen, the professors, the accounting
office, the pets).
Examples:
1. The first year students are attending their
emergency disaster preparedness
seminar.
2. The school president will be speaking
before the graduating class today.
These are words that come at the beginning of
a noun phrase. It serves as a marker to identify
nouns within the sentence about their quantity,
definiteness or ownership.
- Also called limiting adjectives.
1. The last room on the right is our classroom.
2. Marcus painted four walls of the room.
3. I have traveled to the United States several
times.
,Types of Determiners
A. Articles – this is a part of speech and this
type of determiners specifies if noun in
known or unknown to the speaker. It is a
determiner that precedes a noun or noun
phrase and identifies it as either specific or
nonspecific.
The – restricts the meaning of a noun to make
it more specific or definite.
, a. Definite article- is the the. It is definite if it
is known and it indicates specific thing (the
bathroom, the school, the performers, the
freshmen, the professors, the accounting
office, the pets).
Examples:
1. The first year students are attending their
emergency disaster preparedness
seminar.
2. The school president will be speaking
before the graduating class today.
