This-These-That-Those

This-These-That-Those

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

This, That, These, Those are called demonstratives and they are used to show the relative distance between the speaker and the noun.

This & These

We use this (singular) and these (plural) to refer to something that is here / near.

Examples:

This is my car. (singular)

These are our children. (plural)

That & Those

We use that (singular) and those (plural) to refer to something that is there / far.

Examples:

That is our house. (singular)

Those are my shoes. (plural)

You can also use Demonstrative Pronouns by themselves:

Did you do that?

I'd like to buy these?

Which of those would you like?

Multiple Choice

Look at ________ birds up there in the tree.

• this

• these

• those

Multiple Choice

My umbrella is right here. ________ is my umbrella.

• That

• This

• These

Multiple Select

Hello, Dr. Smith. Could you please look at ________ cut on my finger?

• this

• that

• these

Multiple Select

Those apples are red, but _______ apples over here are green.

• those

• that

• these