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Unit 27: Determiners | Grammar | B1
When we mention people or things for the first time, or talk about them generally without saying exactly which ones we mean, we use a general determiner.Normally, a determiner is the first word in a noun group.
E.G. Most people like chocolate.
Another chair was brought immediately.
General determiners include the following: another both each either every most neither other several all
EXERCISE 1
Fill the gaps with an appropriate determiner from the list above:
1. There are _____________ ways to cook pheasant; this is just one of them.
2. _____________ sample has been tested in the laboratory, labelled and stored in the refrigerator.
3. That man is with a different girl _____________ time I see him.
4. _____________ people would like to own their own homes.
5. Not _____________ children like school. I hate it!
6. If that bag breaks, don't worry. I've got _____________ six bags here.
7. We've only got a two-roomed flat and _____________ room is big enough to store your furniture in.
8. I've paid the electricity bill; I'll pay the _____________ bills at the end of the month.
9. She doesn't know which dress to wear; they _____________ suit her.
10. It doesn't matter which picture you choose; _____________ one would look great in your living room.
Predeterminers come in front of determiners:
E.G. We couldn’t carry all the luggage.
They charge double the normal price at this shop.
Predeterminers include the following: all both half twice double
EXERCISE 2
Fill the gaps in the following sentences with an appropriate predeterminer. More than one answer may be possible:
1. _____________ the girls got good marks in the test.
2. After he won the lottery, he gave _____________ his money to charity and spent the rest in the casino.
3. The painters spent _____________ the time they should have on decorating this room and then had the nerve to charge extra.
4. We invited _____________ the candidates to put forward their views.
5. This company sells _____________ the amount of paper for _____________ the price.
6. That player has more skill than _____________ the other players in the team put together.
Some adjectives are often used to define a noun more precisely, and always come before other adjectives.
E.G. The doctor asked the next patient to come in.
Post-determiners include: additional usual same next only last other previous
EXERCISE 3
Complete these sentences using the post-determiners given in the list above:
1. My mother and I take the __________ size In clothes.
2. There are two buttons; this one controls the doors and the __________ button is a safety alarm.
3. She looked In all the computer shops but the __________ programs she could find were out of date.
4. For an __________ fee, you can have the equipment delivered straight to your home.
5. When I asked him where his homework was, he came up with the __________
6. I'll give you a ring some time during the __________ few weeks.
7. He'd been drinking in the pub the __________ night; that's why his eyes were all bloodshot.
8. I'm afraid I've just sold the __________ concert ticket.