Determiners in English: What is a Determiner?

What is a determiner? A determiner is a word placed before a noun to indicate quantity or to clarify what the noun refers to. For example: one cat, lots of candy, his hamster, my ball... In these examples, the determiners are in bold. Check out our list of determiners below.

Determiners Sentence Examples

Practice determiners in sentences. Determiners are words that come at the beginning of a noun phrase. Determiners can be classified into four categories: articles, demonstratives, possessives and quantifiers. Have a go and make your own sentences with the types of determiners poster above and sentences below.

• Article determiners: a, an, the
• A dog is a pet.
• An apple is a fruit.
• This is the pond.



• Demonstrative determiners: this, that, these, those
• You cannot walk this dog.
• I like that pizza.
• I use these chopsticks.
• Do you know those boys?



• Possessive determiners: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• This is my pen.
• I like your eyes.
• His name is Rory.
• Her name is Beth.
• The snake ate its prey.
• This is our home.
• Their children are kind.



• Quantifier determiners: many, much, more, most, some, one, two...
• I want two eggs and one onion.
• Who has the most pizza?
• We don't have many toys.
• I don't have much money.
• I have some candy.
• They have a few dollars.
• She has a little flour.
• I don't have any cheese.
• We had no change.

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