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Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives
I can use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.
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- Year 5
Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives
I can use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Determiners are a word class.
- A determiner introduces a noun in a clause.
- Determiners can be articles or possessive pronouns.
- Determiners can be quantifiers.
- Determiners can be demonstratives.
Keywords
Determiner - a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Quantifier - a type of determiner that indicates the quantity of a noun
Demonstrative - a type of determiner that indicates which noun is being referred to
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that whenever we use 'those' or 'this', we are using a determiner.
Demonstratives are only determiners if they are introducing a noun in a sentence.
Encourage pupils to 'swap' determiners around in sentences and consider the changes in meaning this creates - very often, many different determiners could fit in the same place in a sentence.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the purpose of determiners?
What is the purpose of determiners?
to introduce verbs in a sentence
to introduce adjectives in a phrase
Q2.Which of the following are types of determiner?
Which of the following are types of determiner?
adjectives (soft, warm, cold)
nouns (shop, planet, ball)
Q3.Where is the determiner placed in relation to the noun in a sentence?
Where is the determiner placed in relation to the noun in a sentence?
after the noun
either before or after the noun
Q4.Tick the sentences that contain a determiner.
Tick the sentences that contain a determiner.
We ran away.
She looked away.
Q5.Tick the sentences that contain a possessive pronoun.
Tick the sentences that contain a possessive pronoun.
This was a mistake.
Q6.Which words are the determiners in this sentence? 'He put the dog in its kennel.'
Which words are the determiners in this sentence? 'He put the dog in its kennel.'
put
in
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the type of determiner to the examples.
Match the type of determiner to the examples.
Q2.Match each type of determiner to its purpose.
Match each type of determiner to its purpose.
Q3.Which of the following sentences contain a quantifier?
Which of the following sentences contain a quantifier?
I want these shoes.
Take those to the office.
Q4.Which of these sentences contain a demonstrative?
Which of these sentences contain a demonstrative?
I bought some flowers for you.
Put your books away right now!
Q5.Put these quantifiers in order from least to most.
Put these quantifiers in order from least to most.
Q6.In which of these sentences does the demonstrative not work as a determiner that is introducing a noun?
In which of these sentences does the demonstrative not work as a determiner that is introducing a noun?
Send me that letter.
Pass me those pieces of paper.
