Module 1: Lesson 9 - Number & Person

Question 1

What is a determiner? And name 3 things it can give information on.

Answer 1

A word placed before a noun to give information such as quantity, ownership, and specificity.

Quantity: she has two dogs and many cats.
Ownership: our dog annoys her dog.
Specificity: that dog is the dog we saw yesterday.

Question 2

Name 2 type of identifiers for determiners of quantity with examples.

Answer 2

Numbers: one, two, twenty-four

Indefinite determiners: many, much, several, no, some

Question 3

Name the identifier for determiners of ownership with examples.

Answer 3

Possessive determiners: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Our dog kicked your dog.

Question 4

Name two type of identifiers for determiners of specificity.

Answer 4

Articles
Definite: placed before specific nouns.
Indefinite: placed before non-specific nouns.

Demonstrative determiners speaks of something in speaker’s surroundings: near or far, singular/plural: that, this, those, these

Question 5

Name 6 forms of determiners with examples.

Answer 5

• Numbers: one, ten, hundred
• Ordinals: first, last, next
• Quantifiers: few, little, much, more
• Possessive adjectives: my, your, their
• Articles: a, an, the
• Demonstrative: this, that, these, those

Question 6

When is the word ‘any’ used as a determiner?

Answer 6

Any is used for questions or negative sentences.

Question 7

When is the word ‘another’ used as a determiner?

Answer 7

Another is used to mean one more of something.

Would you like another drink?

Question 8

When is the word ‘other’ used as a determiner?

Answer 8

Other is used as the plural form of another.

I saw Sally and May and some other people last night.

Question 9

Name 3 types of grammatical people with examples.

Answer 9

FIRST person refers to the speaker: I, me, my, we, us, our

SECOND person refers to the person being spoken to: you, yourself, your, yours

THIRD person refers to the one spoken about: he, she, him, her, they