Determiners and pronuouns

Determiners and pronuouns

Do you know how the underlined words are used?

• Few people were let at the finish line when I finally crossed.

• How did both of you do so well?

Determiner:

• It is a word that is used BEFORE a NOUN in order to show which thing you mean.

• In the phrase the car and some cars, the and some are determiners

Pronouns:

• It is a word that is used INSTEAD of a NOUN or NOUN PHRASE.

• For example she instead of Martha or the woman.

Every - Each - Neither - Either

• Followed by a SINGULAR NOUN

• To refer to MEMBER OF GROUPS as INDIVIDUALS.

• Followed by PLURAL NOUN must be followed by ‘of‘: (not every)

• Each child received a present.

• Each of the children received a present.

• Each, neither, none + of + plural noun+ singular verb

• Neither of us is old enough to drive.

Both - A few - Few - Many-Several

• Followed by PLURAL VERB / COUNTABLE NOUNS

• Few (not many) - a few (some)

• Several (more than a few but not a large number)

• Both of my brothers are scientis

• Many people were there.

Much, Little, A little, Less, the whole

• Followed by UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS / SINGULAR VERBS

• A little (at least some) - Little (almost none)

• They had little money to spend

• We wear less clothing in hot weather.

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All, none, the whole, both

• All- the whole amount of somehting

• All - Both- after a noun, pronoun, verb, auxiliary

• My brothers both study medicine. We have both read that book.

• The whole - to refer to something, instead of All of

• We spent the whole day looking for this phone.

• None -not any amount of something or not one of a group of people or things

• I think what I feel is none of your business.

Multiple Choice

She saves __________ money every month

• a little

• little

• few

• a few

Multiple Choice

Jesse has _________ speeding tickets, so his insurance rate is higher than mine

• a little

• little

• few

• a few

Multiple Choice

I knocked on the door a few times but there was ___________

response.

• none

• no

• any

Multiple Choice

Some people complained that they have________

free time to play sport. Lack of time is clearly a problem.

• few

• little

• any

Multiple Choice

Most people enjoy team games, but _______

of you play team games at a professional level.

• any

• none

• every

Multiple Choice

Surprisingly, we didn’t speak to_______fans of martial arts.

• neither

• any

• each

Multiple Choice

We were very pleased to find out that _________

of you, without exception, do at least some kind of sport.

• little

• few

• all

Multiple Choice

On a really positive note, the ______________

group of people interviewed agreed that playing sport is extremely beneficial.

• all

• none

• whole