Understanding Demonstratives in English

The video tutorial explains demonstratives, which are words used to point to specific people or things. It covers singular demonstratives ('this' and 'that') for one item and plural demonstratives ('these' and 'those') for multiple items. The tutorial also discusses how proximity affects the choice of demonstratives, with 'this' and 'these' indicating closeness and 'that' and 'those' indicating distance. Examples are provided to illustrate the use of each demonstrative in sentences.

What are the four demonstratives introduced in the video?

• is, are, was, were

• who, what, where, why

• here, there, where, when

• this, that, these, those

What is the main function of demonstratives?

• To ask questions

• To express emotions

• To describe actions

• To point to specific people or things

Which demonstratives are used for singular nouns?

• this and that

• these and those

• here and there

• who and what

Which demonstrative would you use for a single item that is close to you?

• this

• that

• these

• those

Which demonstrative would you use for a single item that is far away?

• these

• this

• that

• those

Which demonstratives are used for plural nouns?

• these and those

• this and that

• here and there

• who and what

Which demonstrative would you use for multiple items that are far away?

• this

• these

• that

• those

Which demonstrative would you use for multiple items that are close to you?

• that

• this

• those

• these

Which demonstratives refer to objects that are nearby?

• here and there

• who and what

• that and those

• this and these

How can we think of 'this' and 'these' in terms of location?

• As being here

• As being there

• As being everywhere

• As being nowhere