Determiners Quiz

Determiners are words placed before a noun or an adjective to introduce them.

• True

• False

1. ___ moon looks beautiful today.

Which sentence is using the correct determiner?

• I hate cats.

• I hate the cats.

Answer explanation

There is no need to use any article for a general statement.

1. Identify which of the following is a quantifier determiner. 

• Whom

• He

• That

• Some

Words like little and a lot of are examples of __________ determiners.

Answer explanation

Quantifiers are the function words that are used before nouns to tell about the quantity of something.

Which sentence uses a demonstrative determiner?

• 1.  That cat is beautiful.

• 1. His cat is beautiful.

• She likes beautiful cats.

Answer explanation

Demonstrative determiners introduce nouns in sentences, appearing directly before the noun they modify. Although demonstrative pronouns and determiners use the same words (this, that, those, these), they serve different functions. A demonstrative pronoun replaces a noun, while a demonstrative determiner modifies it.

1. Distributive determiners are​ the type of function words that refer to things or people of a group or the whole group.

• True

• False

"All clothes were my sister’s." The word 'all' is a __________ determiner.

Choose the correct sentence with a possessive determiner.

• This is my file.

• This file is mine.

Answer explanation

Possessive determiners are function words that are used before a noun to show possession or ownership of something.

1. Possessive determiners are also called possessive adjectives. 

• True

• False