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.

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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