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Lesson 2: Determiners

‘I don’t care about the prize. I don’t care
about anything. Right now, nothing can
console me—not the award or anything
else.’ That’s what football here Lionel
Messi said when asked about his team
Argentina’s loss in the FIFA World Cup
2014. The Argentine footballer, who
plays as a forward for Spanish club FC
Barcelona, may not have shed tears when
his team lost in the finals of the World
Cup, but he was clearly inconsolable.
Messi sportingly accepted commiserations from many opponents of
his and posed for few photographs. Messi was awarded the Golden
Ball for his outstanding performance. Each goal scored by him at
the group stage was spectacular. That match is not forgettable for
several fans of Lionel Messi and Argentina. Messi shows magic in
every match. Which match of his is boring?

Determiners, or noun signals, are special adjectives used before
nouns. Determiners are of different types:

Type Usage Determiners Examples
Articles To show definiteness A, an and the a forward, the
of a noun prize
Demonstrative To point out specific This, that, these, that final
nouns those

Possessive To show ownership My, his, her, our, his team
their
Distributive To show individual Each, every each goal
members of a group
Quantitative To tell about quan- Few, many, sev- Several fans,
tity without giving eral, little many opponents
an exact number
Numerical To tell an exact One, two, there six goals
number

Interrogative To ask a question Which, whose, Which match
what

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