Determiners: articles and possessive pronouns review
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand when to use an article and when to use a possessive pronoun in sentence context.
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?
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to say sentences aloud - for the most part, they will be able to tell which determiners 'sound right' in sentence context.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is the best definition of a noun?
Q2.Match the word class to its definition.
a naming word for people, places and things
describes a noun - it tells us what it's like
a doing, being or having word
describes a verb - it tells us how it's done
Q3.Which sentence contains two adjectives?
Q4.Which sentence contains an adverb?
Q5.Match the word classes to the example words.
balloon
floated
shiny
gracefully
Q6.Tick the sentences which have a missing word.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word class is introduced by a determiner?
Q2.What kind of determiners are 'a', 'an' and 'the'?
Q3.Which of the following words can act as determiners?
Q4.How would using the article 'a' instead of 'the' change the meaning of the sentence 'Take me to the hospital'?
Q5.Which of the following determiners could fit in this gap? 'I opened __________ door and I gasped in horror.'
Q6.Match the keywords to their definitions.
a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase
a type of determiner that helps us show who owns a noun
a type of determiner that helps us show how specific we are
a naming word for a person, place or thing
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