Articles (the)
Students sometimes get confused about when to use a/an or the. This post is about when to use “the”. For more infomration about when to use ‘a’ and ‘an’, please…
Category Archives: Determiners
Quantifiers- Example Sentences
The following sentences complements the overview chart. Not all quantifiers are presented here, but most are. This should give an indication of how to use the quantifer and the noun…
Overview of Quantifiers
Are you having trouble using quantifiers? Well the chart below should help. Here is a list of all quantifiers and the types of nouns you can use with them and…
Articles (a/an)
There is often confusion over when to use ‘a’ or ‘an’. Generaly we use ‘a’ with nouns starting with consonants and use ‘an’ with nouns starting with vowels. Consonants are…
Quick Reminder about Determiners
Determiner As a reminder: o Determiners come at the beginning of nouns, noun clauses and noun phrases o They are not adjectives o Determiners can fall into 3 categories: articles…
Quick Tip on how to use ‘this’ and ‘that’
Phone calls: When we call people, we often identify ourselves, using that and this to help us identify who is speaking and who we would like to speak to. For…
Further Explanations and Practice of ‘This/That/These/Those’
Further Explanations + Practice The following links will take you to sites where there are more explanations and examples on ‘this, that, these and those’ as well as sites…
Determiners: This/That/These/Those
Meaning of ‘This/That/These/Those’ This, that, these and those are what we call demonstrative pronouns. They can also be called determiners. This, that, these and those indicate or point to people…