Determiners

Curriculum details

Strand

Grammar Usage at Word and Phrase Levels (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Determiners (3.2)

Content standard

B4.3.2.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of determiners in communication

Indicator

B4.3.2.1.2 - Identify and use quantifiers to show quantities

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 9 (Week 21 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 36

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Numerals (cardinals: one, two)
- Some, few/little, etc.
- No, all/every
- Have learners read sentences with quantifiers from the board.
e. g. some, few/little, one, two, No, all /every etc.
Put some pictures on the wall.
- Use more examples to show that these quantifiers are used with non-countable nouns: few, little, etc.
e. g. little water, little bread, few books, etc.
- Have learners write sentences using quantifiers e.g. many books, a piece of chalk and identify them from given sentences/texts.