Class 13-3: Demonstrative Pronouns
She hates those sticky notes.
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Demonstrative pronouns describe the distance you are from specific objects. |
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Rules: Use this and these for objects that you can reach with your hands without getting out of your seat or moving your legs. This is singular. These is plural. (Examples: 1 and 2) Use that and those for objects that are not close to you. That is singular. Those is plural. (Examples: 3 and 4) |
Demonstrative Pronouns: this, that, these, those |
Examples: 1. This book is in front of me. 2. These pencils are in front of me. 3. That restaurant is in another city. 4. Those cars are down the street. |
Exercise
Exercise 1: Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun. Use the word this, that, these or those to complete the sentence.
1. If you look up the hill, that is my house.
2. ________ keys you are touching are important.
3. ________ restaurants in the other city are expensive.
4. ________ restaurant we are in looks nice.
5. ________ book bag in the other room is mine.
6. ________ award you are touching belongs to my grandfather. Be careful!
7. ________ drinks we are drinking are disgusting.
8. Do not drink ________ drinks on the other side of the room. They are not good.
9. ________ map we are next to is old.
10. ________ trees in Oregon are huge.
