Determiners

We use following determines in front of:

• singular countable nouns:

• a/an

• the

• another

• the other

• uncountable nouns:

• the

• some

• any

• no

• a lot of

• much

• all (of the)

• plural countable nouns:

• the

• some

• any

• no

• many

• several

• a lot of

• all (of the)

• (the) other

We use a/an when:

• we mention something for the first time:

• There is a new accounter in our company.

• We saw a new teacher today.

• it does not matter which particular person/thing we are talking about, e.g. when we mention this person/thing as an example of a group or category:

• Did you buy a pineapple?

• Can I have an orange?

We use the when the person we are talking to knows precisely which person/thing we are talking about and can easily identify them/it:

• Let's have breakfast outside on the terrace.
• Did you see the Moon last night?