Determiners: KS2 SPaG Challenge Mat

Determiner meaning
A determiner is a word which introduces a noun. It goes before the noun and provides further detail.

The resource
This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using determiners in year 4.

This primary resource is divided into five sections:

Understand
Choose the correct determiner to finish each sentence; insert determiners to complete each sentence; write three sentences using one determiner from each column.

Challenge
Look at the pictures and write a sentence about each one, trying to use a different determiner each time.

Test
Circle the determiners; identify the correct position for determiners; tick sentences that include determiners.

Explain
Using your own words, explain what a determiner is, using examples. Give an example of how a determiner can change the meaning of a sentence.

Apply
Imagine that you are walking along a beach when you find a message in a bottle. Who wrote it? What does the message say? What did you do? Write a short story about your discovery. Use a range of determiners in your story. Choose ones which emphasise parts of the text.

The 15-minute challenge features activities that include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.

National Curriculum English programme of study links:
Children will learn to use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely in a manner appropriate to the context.