Demonstrative Pronouns_This, That, These, Those

Today, you and your friends are going on a class trip to the zoo!

​At the safari section of the zoo, you see two lions.

Multiple Choice

We use "that" to talk about a lion that is far away from us.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

We use "this" to talk about a lion that is close to us.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

If a rabbit is close to us, we refer to it as _____ and say that ______ is a rabbit.

Fill in the Blank

If a cat is far from us, we refer to it with _____ and say that _____ is a cat.

​We now know that we can refer to one person, animal, or thing that is far from us with "that" and one person, animal, or thing that is close to us with "this"

But how about more than one person, animal, or thing? How can we refer to them?​

​When we refer to more than one person, animal, or thing that are:

(1) far from us --> we use "those"

(2) close to us --> we use "these"​

Multiple Choice

Given that (1) the camels are far away from us, and (2) there are more than one camel, which word should we use to complete the following sentence?

_____ are camels, the "ships of the desert".

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Multiple Choice

Given that (1) the ostriches are close to us, and (2) there are more than one ostriches, which word should we use to complete the following sentence?

_____ are ostriches. They bury their head in the sand to take care of their eggs.

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Open Ended

Please name the animals your see in the slide before in complete sentences using "this", "that", "these", and "those".

Sample sentence: "That/This is a lion."

If you find this too difficult, you can skip this question and do the following fill-in-the-blank exercise.

Fill in the Blank

_____ are kangaroos.

Fill in the Blank

_____ are gorillas.

Fill in the Blank

_____ is a rhino.

Fill in the Blank

_____ is an elephant.

Open Ended

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