Possessive

Determiners

Possessive Determiners

We use possessive determiners to show who

owns or "possesses" something. The possessive
determiners are:

my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Like all determiners, possessive determiners

come at the beginning of a noun phrase, so
they come in front of any adjective(s)
 its
my
M/F
SINGULAR N
1. The dog licked its
wounded paw.
1. this is my book 2. The dog kept
2. I got my test wagging its tail on
results today seeing my brother.

his her
M F
1. His name is 1. Her first name is
John. Alia.
2. Ali said that his 2. Noorin made her
mother was a parents proud.
science teacher.
PL U R A L . . .
our
M/F
1. We have sold our house.
2. We have all informed our parents about
the school trip.

their
M/F/N
1. The students thanked their Thai teacher.
2. Abu, Ali and Ahmad have finished their
homework.
 SINGULAR or PLURAL
your
M/F
SINGULAR
1. I like your hair.
2. Your dad is a doctor, right?

PLURAL
1. Your two children are lovely.
2. You should help your parents.
 QUANTIFIER Definition
DETERMINERS

Quantifiers are determiners that Let's Start!

describe quantity in a noun phrase.
They answer the question "How many?"
or "How much?" on a scale from none
to all. Quantifiers are used to
determine the physical as well as
psychological quantities for both
countable as well as uncountable
nouns
 Quantifiers

quantifiers that can indicate quantity from 0% to

100%. Notice which ones can be used with
countable, uncountable or both:

100% all
every

most
many countable uncountable
much
some
few
little
any
0% no
EXAMPLE
Like all determiners, quantifiers come
at the beginning of a noun phrase, so
they come in front of any adjective

I want all the eggs and I want all the red wine.
Please give me every egg you have.
Who has the most eggs? Who has the most money?
We don't have many eggs. We don't have much money.
I have some eggs. I have some money.
I have a few eggs. I have a little money.
I don't have any eggs. I don't have any money.
We had no eggs. We had no money.
There are other
quantifiers such
as enough and
several that
cannot easily be 1 We have enough eggs for the party. No
shown on a scale need to buy any.

2 There are several eggs in the fridge but you'd

better buy some more.