Demonstrative and Relative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out a particular person, place, thing, or idea.

• The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.

They can refer to things near in space or time (this and these), or things far in space or time (that and those).

• Ex. This is my mother’s ring.

• Ex. That looks like the car I used to drive.

• Ex. These are nice shoes, but they’re uncomfortable.

• Ex. Those look riper than the apples on my tree.

Decide whether the underlined demonstrative pronoun is singular or plural and whether it points out something near or far.

Multiple Choice

That is Gary's baseball bat.

• singular, near

• singular, far

• plural, near

• plural, far

Multiple Choice

Are these the books you need for the essay?

• singular, near

• singular, far

• plural, near

• plural, far

Multiple Choice

Those are the pictures I took in France last summer.

• singular, near

• singular, far

• plural, near

• plural, far

Multiple Choice

That is the dress I want for the dance next week.

• singular, near

• singular, far

• plural, near

• plural, far

Multiple Choice

Please hand this to Ray.

• singular, near

• singular, far

• plural, near

• plural, far

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun for each sentence.

Use the given verbs to help you.

Multiple Choice

_____ is the best sandwich I've ever eaten. (near)

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Multiple Choice

Weren't _____ the blue balloons Mom wanted for the party? (near)

• this

• that

• these

• those

Multiple Choice

After seeing _____, I decided it would make a nice gift. (far)

• this

• that

• these

• those

Multiple Choice

_____ is the book I was telling you about. (near)

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Multiple Choice

_____ are the most unusual rocks. (far)

• This

• That

• These

• Those

​Relative Pronouns

​What are Relative Pronouns?

• Words we use to refer to nouns previously mentioned in the sentence/paragraph

  • Who

  • That

  • Which​

Relative Pronoun: Who

• We only use who to refer to individual people

• ​We never use who to talk about anything else except people

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  • The boy who I sat with yesterday is my friend.​

  • The waitress who came by to give me the check spilled water on me!

Relative Pronoun: That

• We use that to refer to animals, things, and groups

• Can also be used to refer to people in groups​

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  • The soccer team that I played on won the tournament.

  • The cat that showed up at our house belonged to the neighbor.​

Relative Pronoun: Which

• We use which to refer to animals, things, and groups

• We never use which when talking about people

• ​Which gives extra information about the sentence

  • The homework, which had 50 questions, was the hardest assignment I've ever done!

  • The dog, which is black and white, always follows me home from school.​

Multiple Choice

This is the girl ______ I met in the airport yesterday.

• which

• who

• that

Multiple Choice

The car ___________ honked at me was red.

• that

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

The macaroni, ___________ was made from 5 types of cheese, was delicious!

• that

• who

• which

Multiple Choice

The doctors ___________ performed the surgery were exhausted.

• which

• that

• who

Multiple Choice

My favorite pencil, __________ was blue, broke in half.

• which

• that

• who

Multiple Choice

_{I am looking for someone __________ can watch my dog while I go on vacation.}

• _which
• _who
• _that

Multiple Choice

_{The festival, ______________ lasted all day, ended with a banquet.}

• _that

• _who

• _which

Multiple Choice

The construction workers _________ were outside were fixing the sidewalk.

• that

• who

• which