Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.
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.
Teacher tip
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?
Q2.Which of the following are types of determiner?
Q3.Where is the determiner placed in relation to the noun in a sentence?
Q4.Tick the sentences that contain a determiner.
Q5.Tick the sentences that contain a possessive pronoun.
Q6.Which words are the determiners in this sentence? 'He put the dog in its kennel.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the type of determiner to the examples.
a, an, the
my, your, their
these, those, this
many, some, a few
Q2.Match each type of determiner to its purpose.
shows who a noun belongs to
shows which nouns we are referring to
shows how many of a noun we are referring to
Q3.Which of the following sentences contain a quantifier?
Q4.Which of these sentences contain a demonstrative?
Q5.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?
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