The possessive case

Singular number

Plural number

Proper Nouns

Tim’s dog, Alice’s cat, James’s mother,

St. Paul’s, St. Mary’s, Mr. Baker’s house

the Bakers’ house

Animate Nouns

a girl’s hat, the boy’s dog, a lady’s handbag,

a man’s suit, a child’s toy, a cat’s tail

a girls’ school, the boys’ dogs, a ladies’ room,

men’s suits, children’s books, cats’ tails

Inanimate Nouns

a minute’s walk, a day’s work, a week’s stay, today’s conference, yesterday’s paper, the company’s office,

the government’s proposal, my family’s welfare

a five minutes’ walk, a three days’ trip, a few weeks’ stay,

the companies’ offices, the governments’ proposals,

my families’ welfare

Nouns Determiners

Countable Nouns

Uncountable Nouns

Singular number

Plural number

The Indefinite Article

a boy, an apple

The Definite Article

the boy

the boys

the tea

The Possessive Pronoun

my apple

my apples

my tea

The Demonstrative Pronoun

this boy, that apple

these boys, those apples

this tea, that money

Question Words

What boy?

Which apple?

Whose book?

What boys?

Which apples?

Whose books?

What tea?

Which money?

Whose money?

The Quantifiers

some boys, any boys

many boys, few boys

a few boys, more boys

most boys, a lot of boys

some tea, any tea

much tea, little tea

a little tea, more tea

most tea, a lot of tea

some/somebody/someone/somewhere

в стверджувальних реченнях;

у проханнях і пропозиціях

any/anybody/anyone/anything/

anywhere

в заперечувальних реченнях;

в питальних реченнях;

в реченнях з hardly, barely,

scarcely, without;

в значенні «будь-який, який-небудь»

no/none/nobody/no one/nothing/

nowhere

в стверджувальних реченнях для

вираження заперечення

many, few, a few з обчислювальними іменниками у множині

many/few/a few problems

much, little, a little з необчислювальними іменниками

much/little/a little money/noise