Recognising determiners

What is a determiner?

• A word that adds description to a noun.

• A word that goes before a noun to tell you which or how many nouns are being talked about.

• A word that describes an action.

Which of these words is an article?

• A

• Lots of

• Three

Where is the determiner in the following sentence?

There were five houses outside.

• There

• Were

• Five

• Houses

Does a determiner go before or after a noun?

• Before

• After

Where is the determiner in this sentence?

"Go outside and play with the other children" shouted mum.

• Outside

• Go

• Play

• The

What is a possessive determiner?

• Describes an amount of the noun

• Describes who the noun belongs to.

• Is either a, an, the.

What is the possessive determiner in the sentence below?

I am so proud of my homework today.

• Proud

• Homework

• I

• My

What is the possessive determiner in the sentence below?

Their muddy shoes were all over the floor.

• The

• Shoes

• Muddy

• Their

What is a quantifying determiner?

• Describes the noun using a, an and the.

• Describes how many of the noun there are.

• Describes who the noun belongs to.

What is the quantifying determiner in this sentence?

There were many children lined up waiting for playtime.

• There

• Lined

• Playtime

• Many