DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
The words this,
these, that and those are called demonstrative pronouns.
They are showing words.
This
and These:
This
is my house.
This
is a hill.
These
are donkeys.
What
is this?
Did
you drop this?
Hi, Jane! This is Michael!
These are sheep.
That and Those:
That
is John’s house.
That
is a mountain.
Those
are horses.
What
are those?
We
can do better than that.
No, that’s
not mine.
You
mean you won?
That’s amazing!
Hello,
who is that speaking, please?
Hello,
is that you, George?
You
use this and these when you point to things near you.
You
use that and those when you point to things farther away.
Demonstrative pronouns can be singular
or plural:
Singular
& Plural Pronouns
this
- these
that – those
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