1. Determiners

2. Determiners are words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase.
*There is also a presentation on Noun phrase for the second grade
(check it in my documents)

3. Types of determiners
There are two kinds of determiners: 1 The first kind identify things articles - a/an, the possessives - my, your, our… demonstratives -this, that, these, those

4. Types of determiners The second kind are quantifiers: some, any, no
either, every, neither
much, many, more, most
(a) little, less, least
(a) few, fewer, fewest
enough, several
all, both, half
another, other

5. Articles – A / AN
A – before a word beginning with a consonant (suglasnik), or a vowel (samoglasnik) with a consonant sound: a hat a university a European An – used before words beginning with a vowel or words beginning with a mute h (h se ne izgovara): an island an uncle an hour

6. Articles – A / AN - before a singular noun which is countable
- when it is mentioned for the first time
- and represents no particular person or thing
- we use a/an with professions

7. Articles – THE
We use the before a singular or plural noun, when both the speaker and the listener know which noun is being referred to.
Example:
The keys are on the table in the hallway.
I have to go to the bank.
We use the when there is only one.
the sun the Sahara

8. Articles – a/an or the
We use a to introduce something for the first time. When we refer to it again, we use the.
Example: I ate a steak and a baked potato for dinner. I really enjoyed the steak, but the baked potato was cold.

9. Complete the sentences with the correct article (a/an or the):
1 ___ moon was very bright last night.
2 Could you open ___ kitchen door?
3 Carla has bought ___house in ___ small village. I think ___ village is charming.
4 My grandfather was ___ engineer.

10. Answers:
The
A, a, the An

11. Zero article (-)
We use no article with plural and uncountable nouns when talking about things in general.
Example: Life is very stressful nowadays.
Coffee keeps me awake.

12. Zero article (-)
We use no articles with meals. Let’s have lunch together. BUT I had a great lunch at the new café. (=describing what kind of lunch)

13. Possessive adjectives and pronouns:
Possessive adjectives (posvojni pridjevi)
Possessive pronouns (posvojne zamjenice) my
mine
your
yours
his
her
hers
its
our
ours
their
theirs

14. Example: This car is mine.
Possessive adjectives and pronouns:
Possessive adjectives – used with a noun or a noun phrase
Example: This is my car.
Possessive pronouns – used alone, nothing after them.
Example: This car is mine.

15. Exercises: Have you met _____ (I) brother yet?
Give them back to him, those keys are _____ (he).
Here is a postcared from ______ (they) friend Dina.
I don’t like talking about _____ (they).

16. Exercises:
5. She has a computer on _____ (she) desk. 6. Are these books _____ (you)? 7. Your garden looks amazing, so much better than _____ (I). 8. They spend ____ (they) money on junk food.

17. Answers: My
His
Their
Them
her
Yours
Mine

18. Demonstrative pronouns (pokazne zamjenice):
Near
Far
Singular
This
That
Plural
These
Those

19. Exercises: 1. _______ is very smelly.
You can smell _____ from over there.
______ medical test is tomorrow.
_______ bags there, are they yours?

20. Answers:
This
That
Those