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Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns review
I can understand when to use an article and when to use a possessive pronoun in sentence context.
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- Year 5
Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns review
I can understand when to use an article and when to use a possessive pronoun in sentence context.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Determiners are a word class.
- A determiner introduces a noun in a clause or phrase.
- Determiners can be articles or possessive pronouns.
- Articles determine the specificity of a noun whilst possessive pronouns determine the owner of a noun.
- A determiner may be followed by an adjective or pair of adjectives then the noun.
Keywords
Determiner - a word that introduces a noun in a clause
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Article - a type of determiner that denotes specificity of a noun
Possessive pronoun - a type of determiner that denotes possession of a noun by another noun
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to connect the determiner to the noun when adjectives are in between.
Remind pupils that adjectives describe nouns - can they spot the noun the adjectives describe to help them find the determiner?
Encourage pupils to say sentences aloud - for the most part, they will be able to tell which determiners 'sound right' in sentence context.
Teacher tip
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is the best definition of a noun?
Which of the following is the best definition of a noun?
a naming word for people
a naming word for things
a naming word for places
Q2.Match the word class to its definition.
Match the word class to its definition.
Q3.Which sentence contains two adjectives?
Which sentence contains two adjectives?
Mrs Begum's tired face frowned down at us.
Mrs Begum's tired face frowned down at us angrily.
Q4.Which sentence contains an adverb?
Which sentence contains an adverb?
We watched the long, dull film.
We watched the long, dull film in the sitting room.
Q5.Match the word classes to the example words.
Match the word classes to the example words.
Q6.Tick the sentences which have a missing word.
Tick the sentences which have a missing word.
The man gave his dog a treat.
We walked into the shop.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word class is introduced by a determiner?
Which word class is introduced by a determiner?
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
Q2.What kind of determiners are 'a', 'an' and 'the'?
What kind of determiners are 'a', 'an' and 'the'?
possessive pronouns
nouns
Q3.Which of the following words can act as determiners?
Which of the following words can act as determiners?
low
as
Q4.How would using the article 'a' instead of 'the' change the meaning of the sentence 'Take me to the hospital'?
How would using the article 'a' instead of 'the' change the meaning of the sentence 'Take me to the hospital'?
It would suggest that we don't really need to go to the hospital.
It would suggest we wanted to go to one particular hospital.
Q5.Which of the following determiners could fit in this gap? 'I opened __________ door and I gasped in horror.'
Which of the following determiners could fit in this gap? 'I opened __________ door and I gasped in horror.'
an
Q6.Match the keywords to their definitions.
Match the keywords to their definitions.
