Determiners
You learn to find the determiner: the small word before a noun that says which one, whose or how many.
How to do the test
- Find the noun.
- Look at the small word just before it.
- If it tells you which one, whose or how many, it is a determiner.
Tap the determiner. The dog barked loudly.
- A determiner comes before a noun and tells you which one.
- Look at "the dog": the introduces the noun dog.
- The is the determiner.
More examples
Tap the determiner. My brother snores loudly.
- A determiner comes before a noun and tells you whose brother.
- Look at "my brother": my introduces the noun brother.
- My is the determiner.
Tap the determiner. Some children painted happily.
- A determiner comes before a noun and tells you how many.
- Look at "some children": some introduces the noun children.
- Some is the determiner.