How students are taught about determiners in school.

‘Little’ is considered as semi-negative because it gives almost negative meaning. ‘A little’ depicts a small quantity. It means an individual considers it a small but considerable quantity. ‘The little’ means a small quantity which is definite and specific.

a few. The only difference is that we use few and a few with countable nouns in the plural form, and we use little and a little with uncountable nouns: We had little time to prepare before we had to go. By the way, you should use little and a little with “water” because it’s an uncountable noun.

1. Set worksheets that imitate the Year 6 grammar test like above.
2. Ask students to pick out determiners in a class text.
3. Set a challenge to include as many determiners as possible in 5 sentences.
4. Use Grammar with Emile to test and consolidate their understanding.

General rules for using English determiners

• We don’t usually use determiners with singular proper nouns.
• You must always use a determiner with a singular countable noun.
• You do not always use determiners with plural countable nouns.
• Determiners are sometimes optional with uncountable nouns.

All as a determiner All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’. We use it most often as a determiner. We can use a countable noun or an uncountable noun after it: All my friends are away at university.

If you are referring to a general rule, or are speaking about ALL of the items in one category (all trees, all computers, all schools), then you must add “s.” Also, remember not to use “the” in front of the plural noun when you are referring to a general category.

The determiner that could be used before the noun money to refer to money in general could be some, for example. My, his, this, or something along these lines would make it sound too specific, so you couldn’t use those.

Answer: The determiner that could be used before the noun house to refer to a specific house is “THE” as a definite article.