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- Articles - 'the', 'a', 'an'

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- I / Me

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- Something of a / Somewhat / A bit

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- The More ...

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- So / Such

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- Lots of/ A lot of / A lot

Determiners, nouns and pronouns

Determiners, nouns and pronouns

 

Determiners

A determiner is a word which is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are talking about.

Examples
My English class starts at 7o'clock
These students live near the college
The books are quite inexpensive

In the above examples, the words 'my', 'these' and 'the' are determiners.




Nouns

A noun is a word that refers to a person, thing, place, event, substance or quality.

Examples
Man (person)
Table (thing)
Village (place)
Party (event)
Water (substance)
Quality (trust)

Nouns can be concrete: they refer to real things that you can touch.
Examples: book, computer

Nouns can be abstract: they refer to ideas and qualities.
Examples: belief, cost

Nouns can refer to actions and events:
Examples: robbery, lesson

Nouns can refer to jobs and roles:
Examples: pilot, parent




Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that refers to or replaces a noun.

Examples
Peter has gone to visit his sister. She lives in Paris.
We were late for the party. It started at 8 o'clock.
Are there any cups? ? Yes, there's one on the table.
Everybody enjoyed the cake. I made it myself.

In the above examples, 'she', 'we', 'it', 'one,' 'everybody,' 'I', 'it' and 'myself' are pronouns.
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