Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers

DEFINITION AND USE

WHAT ARE THEY EXACTLY

 Articles, determiners, and quantifiers are those little words that precede and modify nouns.

the

teacher,

a

college,

a bit of

honey,

that

person,

those

people,

whatever

purpose,

either

way,

your

choice

CAN BE SPECIFIC OR GENERAL

 Sometimes these words will tell the reader or listener whether we're referring to a specific or general thing

the

garage out back

A

horse!

A

horse! My kingdom for

a

horse!

 sometimes they tell how much or how many

lots of

trees,

several

books,

a great deal of

confusion

DETERMINERS…

   Determiners are said to "mark" nouns. A determiner will be followed by a noun. Some categories of determiners are limited

Determiners

 Determiners are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or something of a particular type.

a

car

This

Apples

a fast

car

DETERMINERS

 Determiners are different to pronouns in that a determiner is always followed by a noun.  Therefore personal pronouns ( I , you , he , etc.) and possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, etc.) cannot be determiners.

DETERMINERS

 The definite and indefinite articles a/an/the are all determiners.

 You use a specific determiner when people know exactly which thing(s) or person/people you are talking about.

THE SPECIFIC DETERMINERS ARE:

the definite article : the demonstratives : this, that, these, those possessives : my, your, his, her, its, our, their

For example: "The dog barked at the boy.“ "These apples are rotten.“ "Their bus was late."

GENERAL DETERMINERS

the indefinite articles : a, an a few a little all another any both each either enough every few fewer less little many more most much neither no other several some

For example:



"A man sat under an umbrella.“ "Have you got any English books that I could have?“ "There is enough food to feed everyone."

Second part:

ADVERBS

ADVERBS

 Adverbs are words that modify 1.

2.

3.

a verb drive?) (He drove slowly. — How did he an adjective (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car?) another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move?)

ADVERBS

   adverbs often tell when, where, why, or under what conditions something happens or happened. Adverbs frequently end in

–ly

however, many words and phrases not ending in

-ly

serve an adverbial function.

 and an

-ly

ending is not a guarantee that a word is an adverb.

ADVERBS

 The words

lovely, lonely, motherly, friendly, neighborly

, for instance, are adjectives:  That lovely woman lives in a friendly neighborhood.

ADVERBS

 Adverbs can modify

adjectives

, but an adjective cannot modify an adverb.We would say that: "the students showed a really wonderful attitude“ "the students showed a wonderfully casual attitude“ "my professor is really tall.

but not : "He ran real fast."

ADVERBS

 Like adjectives, adverbs can have comparative and superlative forms to show degree. Walk faster if you want to keep up with me. The student who reads fastest will finish first.

ADVERBS

 We often use

more

and

most

,

less

and

least

to show degree with adverbs: With sneakers on, she could move more quickly among the patients. The flowers were the most beautifully arranged creations I've ever seen.

Examples

She worked less confidently after her accident. That was the least skillfully done performance I've seen in years.

Kinds of Adverbs

Adverbs of Manner

She moved slowly and spoke quietly.

Adverbs of Place

She has lived on the island all her life. She still lives there now.

Kinds of Adverbs

Adverbs of Frequency

She takes the boat to the mainland every day.

She often goes by herself.

Adverbs of Time

She tries to get back before dark.

It's starting to get dark now.

She finished her tea first.

She left early.

Kinds of Adverbs

Adverbs of Purpose

She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks.

She shops in several stores to get the best buys.

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