NCERT Solutions for Class 9th English Grammar (A. Resource Material) Determiners
Textbook | NCERT/CBSE |
Class | Class 9th |
Subject | English |
Chapter | English Grammar |
Chapter Name | Determiners |
Category | Class 9th English Grammar With Answers |
Medium | English |
Source | Last Doubt |
NCERT Solutions for Class 9th English Grammar (A. Resource Material) Determiners
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✍Determiners✍
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1. Determiner: ‘Determiner’ is a word used before a noun to indicate which things or people we are talking about. The words ‘a’, ‘the‘, ‘my’, ‘this’, ‘some’, ‘many’, etc. are called determiners: He is a good boy. All the italicised words are determiners and they limit the meaning of the nouns that follow them. |
2. Kinds of Determiners: |
3. Pre-determiners: Pre-determiners are the words which occur before a determiner to limit the meaning of a noun: All the boys joined the race. You can master in English Grammar of various classes by our articles like Tenses, Clauses, Prepositions, Story writing, Unseen Passage, Notice Writing etc. |
4. Articles: The article system in English consists of the definite article ‘the’ and the indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’. We can think of nouns in a specific or general way. When we refer to particular people or things or something that has already been mentioned or can be understood, we use the definite article ‘the’. When we refer to singular nouns for the first time, or refer to things in a general way, we use the indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’. The Definite Article ‘The’: He threw the ball into the river. 2. We use the definite article to refer to specific persons or things: I want to meet the principal in the school. 3. The definite article is used to refer to the things that are only one in the world: The moon and stars were shining in the sky. 4. We use the definite article with the words such as school, university, prison, when we are referring to a particular building: They will visit the school on Monday. 5. The definite article may be used with the countable nouns that are used in the singular to refer to things more general: If you break the law, you will be punished. 6. The definite article is used to refer to the parts of the body: Smoking is harmful for the lungs. 7. The definite article is used with time expressions: I met her in the evening. 8. We use the definite article before something that has already been mentioned. I met a man at the station. 9. The definite article is used before a noun that is followed by a relative clause or a prepositional phrase: The man I met at the station belonged to Haryana. 10. The definite article is used to refer to familiar things we use regularly: She looked at the ceiling. 11. The definite article is used before dates or periods of time: We met on the 15th of October. 12. The definite article is generally used before a noun which is followed by ‘of ‘: This led to the destruction of the whole village. 13. The definite article is used before the names of seas, rivers, deserts, mountains, The ship crossed the Pacific Ocean. 14. The definite article is used before the names of large public buildings: They visited the Taj Mahal. 15. The definite article is used before the superlative adjectives: He is the best boy in the class. 16. The definite article is used before adjectives such as rich, poor, deaf, dumb, blind, to use them as nouns: The rich and the poor went to the fair. 17. We use the definite article before the nationals of a country or continent: The Indians are very religious. 18. We use the definite article before the names of trains and ships: The Rajdhani Express is a very fast train. The indefinite articles (‘a’, ‘an’) are used when we talk about people in a general or indefinite way. |
5. The article ‘a’ is used before the words which begin with consonant sounds and ‘an’ is used before the words beginning with vowel sounds. However, some words start with a vowel letter but begin with a consonant sound. So we use the article ‘a’ before these words: He is a European. 2. We use an before words which begin with a vowel sound: The girl bought an orange. 3. Some words begin with a silent So we use an before them: He is an honest man. 4. We use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before singular countable nouns: Kolkata is a big city. 5. We use ‘a’ or ‘on’ before the names of occupations and professions: His father is an engineer. |
6. When we use ‘a’ before ‘little‘ and few‘, there is a change in the meaning of these words. ‘A few’ is used with plural countable nouns, and ‘a little‘ with uncountable nouns. ‘Few‘ means not many, while ‘a few‘ means a small number. ‘Little’ means not much, while ‘a little‘ means some: Few people visit this temple now. |
7. We use ‘a’, ‘an’ before an adjective in a noun phrase: She is a good girl. |
8. We use ‘an’ with abbreviations beginning with the following letters: A, E, F, H, I, L, M, N, O, R, S, X (They should have vowel sounds). For example:His father is an M.P. He is an N.R.I. She got an X-Ray done. 9. We use the indefinite article before certain nouns considered as a single unit: She bought a knife and fork. 5. Demonstratives: This, These, That, Those This and These refer to the things that are near and can be seen. ‘That‘ and ‘Those‘ are used to refer to the things that are at a distance but can be seen. We lived in this house for four years. This’ and ‘that’ are used for singular nouns and ‘these’ and ‘those’ for plural nouns. Can you lift that box? 6. Possessives: My, our, your, his, her, its, their. The possessives are used to show possession. He is my uncle. 7. Ordinals: first, second, next, last, etc. The ordinals show what position something has in a series: 8. Cardinals: one, two, three, hundred, etc. There were only ten boys in the class. |
9. Quantifiers: much, some, several, a lot of, both, all, etc. The quantifiers refer to the quantity of things or amount of something.There were some people at the airport. They had enough guests already. Plenty of people would like to have your job. All children enjoyed the show. They didn’t make much progress. There was little water in the jug. There is no milk in the bottle. It has not made any difference to me. There is enough powder in the can. He drank a lot of water. I have forgotten some of the details. |
10. Distributives: each, every, either, neither. Distributive determiners refer to each single member of a group.1. Each is used when we talk about the members of a group individually and every when we make a general statement. Both are followed by a singular countable noun: He met each guest. Either of the two girls should come here. 2. Neither is the negative of either: Neither member came to attend the meeting. 3. Either can also mean People stood in either side (both sides) of the road. 4. Neither boy said anything. Neither answer is correct. |
11. Interrogatives: what, which, whose, etc. The interrogative determiners are used for asking questions:What subjects are you studying? Which colour do you like the most? Whose house is this? |
Exercise (Solved)
Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. books are missing from the library. (Any, Some) |
CBSE/NCERT Solution Class 9th English grammar with Answer
- Unit 1 Verb Forms
- Integrated Grammar Practice 1
- Unit 2 Determiners
- Integrated Grammar Practice 2
- Unit 3 Future Time Reference
- Integrated Grammar Practice 3
- Unit 4 Modals
- Integrated Grammar Practice 4
- Unit 5 Connectors
- Integrated Grammar Practice 5
- Unit 6 The Passive
- Integrated Grammar Practice 6
- Unit 7 Reported Speech
- Integrated Grammar Practice 7
- Unit 8 Prepositions
- (Composition-I) Diary Entry
- (Composition-I) Articles
- (Composition-II) Story Writing
- Tenses
- Modals
- Active and Passive Voice
- Subject-Verb Concord
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Clauses
- Determiners
- Prepositions
- Gap Filling
- Editing Task
- Omission
- Sentence Reordering & Sentence Transformation