About the course
This course explores how English uses articles and other determiners to identify people and things, express ownership, and communicate number, amount and quantity. The lessons combine grammar explanations with readings, realistic situations and exercises.
Work through the units in order, or choose a topic you would like to revise.
Course units
Unit 01
Articles: a, an, the and no article
A, an, the and no article; general and particular reference.
Unit 02
Reference: looking backwards and forwards
Referring backwards and forwards with nouns, pronouns and demonstratives.
Unit 03
Comparing Things
Comparatives, superlatives, equality, less and least.
Unit 04
Quantity and Indefinite Expressions
Countable and uncountable nouns; much, many, few, little, some and any.
Unit 05
Institutions and Their Uses
School, hospital, prison, church, university, bed and work.
Unit 06
The Great English Grammar Pub Quiz
Articles with countries, rivers, mountains, buildings and other proper names.
Unit 07
Then and Now: How Much Has Society Changed?
Quantity, degree and comparison through Britain then and now.
Unit 08
Are We Getting the Balance Right?
Too much, too many, enough and not enough in modern life.
Unit 09
Whose Is It?
Possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns, whose and belong to.
Unit 10
Making the Right Choice
Both, either, neither, none, all, every and each.
Unit 11
The International Dance Competition
Cardinal and ordinal numbers in an international dance competition.
Unit 12
Rich Man, Poor Man: How the Other Half Lives
Enough, too much, too many, plenty, little, few, other and another.
Unit 13
A World of Inequality: Fractions, Percentages and Proportions
Fractions, percentages, proportions and ratios in a global context.
Unit 14
Looking for Mr or Mrs Right: Beauty, Brains and Other Qualities
Abstract nouns, articles, countability, quantities and comparisons.
Unit 15
London or Brighton? Choose Your English Course
Comparing two English courses; variety, choice, quantity and proportion.
Unit 16
Applying for a Teaching Job
Using what and which in a job application and interview.
Unit 17
Tracing Our Family Tree
Determiner combinations and the order of words in noun phrases.
Unit 18
What Matters to People?
Number, amount, quantity, proportion, distribution and agreement.
Unit 19
The International Conference on the Future
Final course revision in a conference looking ahead to 2050.