Year 5 - English
Determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives
Key grammar terminology, including determiners and fronted adverbials
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils review previous learning about articles and possessive pronouns and they learn two new determiners: quantifiers and demonstratives. They review that fronted adverbials can be single words, phrases or clauses and that any fronted adverbial gives detail of time, place or manner.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a quantifier or a demonstrative to introduce a noun in a clause or phrase.
Key Notes
- Determiners are a word class.
- A determiner introduces a noun in a clause.
- Determiners can be articles or possessive pronouns.
- Determiners can be quantifiers.
- Determiners can be demonstratives.
Vocabulary To Learn
- determiner: a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase
- noun: a naming word for people, places or things
- quantifier: a type of determiner that indicates the quantity of a noun
- demonstrative: a type of determiner that indicates which noun is being referred to
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may believe that whenever we use 'those' or 'this', we are using a determiner.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Determiners are a word class. A determiner introduces a noun in a clause.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'determiner'
a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may believe that whenever we use 'those' or 'this', we are using a determiner. Correction: Demonstratives are only determiners if they are introducing a noun in a sentence.
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