What kind of determiner is the underlined word in the sentence?
Kabir lent me his physics notes a day before the unit test.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Possessive determiner
Here “his” comes before “physics notes” and shows that the notes are Kabir’s.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Demonstrative determiner | points to a thing: this, that, these, those | These chappals are new. |
| (2) Possessive determiner (answer) | comes before a noun and shows who owns it: my, your, his, her, its, our, their | Her kite was the highest in the sky. |
| (3) Distributive determiner | takes people or things one at a time: each, every, either, neither | Each player got a new jersey. |
| (4) Quantifier | tells how many or how much: some, any, much, many, few, little, enough | We need some sugar for the kheer. |