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Lesson Five

Demonstrative Pronouns

 

This

A thing or a person is close

This = singular

That

A thing or a person is far

That = singular

These

Things or people are close

These = plural

Those

Things or people are far

Those = plural

 

Close = x...y

This pencil in my hand is yellow.

These pencils are not very sharp.

 

Far = x..............................y

That car across the street is red.

Those cars in the parking lot are very nice.

 

buildings

Take these stairs to get to those buildings.

That blue building in the middle of this picture is very tall.

The two videos below might help:

 

 

 

That is often contracted with the singular form of the verb "be"

That is a window. = That's a window.

That is my friend, Tom. = That's my friend, Tom.

"That's" usually sounds much better than to say, "That is."

"That" can't be contracted in the plural form: That're (no!)

This, these, and those can't take contractions.

 

 

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