Parts of Speech in English Grammar Chapter. 1 Parts of Speech

Examples in sentences:

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  This is a Chandelier.
  
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  I did not check any papers.
  

Types of Determiners
Determiners are classified into following types:

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  Articles
  
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  Demonstrative Determiners
  
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  Possessive Determiners
  
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  Quantifiers
  
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  Interrogative Determiners
  
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  Distributive Determiner
  
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  Cardinal Numbers
  
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  Ordinal Numbers
  

1. Articles

The adjectives 'a', 'an' and 'the' are usually called Articles. Articles are function words. There are two kinds of articles:

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  Definite Article
  
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  Indefinite Article
  

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  Definite Article:
  

An article that used to point some specific person or thing is called a definite article. 'The' is the only definite article.

Examples in sentences:

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  The clothes that I bought yesterday were perfect.
  
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  This is the best place I have ever been in.
  

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  Indefinite Article
  

The articles 'a' and an 'are' called Indefinite Articles because the place or thing talked about is not particular and is left indefinite.

Examples in sentences:

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  One morning a woody woodpecker came to our house.
  
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  It could be any woody woodpecker, not a particular one.
  
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  Nobody said a word.
  
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  An ostrich is a big bird.
  

2. Demonstrative Determiners

These determiners are used to demonstrate a specific thing or identity of that thing. The words that come under the category of Demonstrative Determiners are as follows:

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  This, that, these, those