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Determiners

Determiners
A- Articles
* A : indefinite used before a singular and noun beginning with a consonant.
A boy, a country, a man.
* An : indefinite and used before singular beginning with a vowel.
An elephant, an artist, an opinion.
* The : definite used before singular and plural nouns.
The man, the capital, the modals.
Careful!
1-We use the article before a common noun in the singular
Example:
A boy(singular)----- ~~(A)~~ boys (plural).
The boy (singular)----- The boys (plural).
2-We don't use the article, before a proper noun
Example:
A city : Atlanta.
A country : England
A person : Betty.
But we say :
The United States, The Himalaya.
3- We don't use the article before abstract nouns or nouns expressing a generality.
Example:
Pollution/Ecology/Liberty/Peace/Brotherhood
B-Quantifiers
* Countable nouns:
1- Small quantity: some, a little.
2- Large quantity: a lot of, a great deal of, much.
3- Small number: some, a few.
4- Big number: many, a lot of.
* Uncountable nouns:
1- Liquids: water,oil...
2- Mass nouns
3- Feelings: courage, passion, love, hate.
Summary

Number(Countable)
Quantity (Uncountable)
Large
or Big
- a lot of
- many
-a lot of
- a great deal of
- much
Small
- a few
- some
- a little
-some

Complete the sentences with the right word, or - (nothing).

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5. Do you often have headaches?
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7. The patient takes prescription to the chemist's.
8. My brother is dentist.
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10. Only houses were spared by earthquake.
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12. I drink glass of milk.
13. There are not people in the street.
14. Sometimes, patience and advice help more than medecine.
15. My father has just bought new car.
16. Can I have bar of chocolate?
17. There isn't bread in that tin.
18. Is there ink in the bottle?
19. Are there eggs in the basket?

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