{"id":73810,"date":"2020-04-06T06:21:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73810"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:23:38","slug":"demonstrative-pronouns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/demonstrative-pronouns-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrative Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Demonstrative\u00a0<\/b>pronouns direct attention to a specific person, place, or thing. There are only four demonstrative pronouns:\u00a0this, that, these<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0those<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When these words stand alone, they are pronouns. When they are used before an adjective, they are demonstrative adjectives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worksheet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate demonstrative pronoun \/ adjective or a verb that agrees with the pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I don’t watch ……………………. kinds of movies. (this \/ these)<\/li>
  2. ………………….. are the sorts of films I would like to watch. (That \/ Those)<\/li>
  3. Where are …………………… photos? (these \/ those)<\/li>
  4. …………………. was the happiest day of my life. (This \/ That)<\/li>
  5. …………………… are unforgettable memories. (These \/ Those)<\/li>
  6. Who is ……………….. man waiting outside? (that \/ this)<\/li>
  7. I didn’t like ……………………. job but the salary was good. (this \/ that)<\/li>
  8. She doesn’t remember anything about ………………….. accident. (that \/ those)<\/li>
  9. I love ……………….. music. (this \/ that)<\/li>
  10. Listen to ……………………. message. (this \/ that)<\/li>
  11. This kind of shoes …………………….. longer. (last \/ lasts)<\/li>
  12. These sorts of cookies ………………………. my favourite. (is \/ are)<\/li>
  13. ………………….. days are still etched in my memory. (These \/ Those)<\/li>
  14. ……………………. boy of yours is a real nuisance. (That \/ Those)<\/li>
  15. Is ………………….. Peter? (this \/ that)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. these, 2. those, 3. those, 4. that, 5. these, 6. that, 7. that, 8. that, 9. this, 10. this, 11. lasts, 12. are, 13. those, 14. that, 15. that<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Use this <\/strong>and that<\/strong> with singular nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Use this<\/strong> and that <\/strong>with kind of, sort of, type of.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Use these<\/strong> and those<\/strong> with kinds of, sorts of, types of.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      That<\/strong> and those<\/strong> show distance in time or place. Use them with past tenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This<\/strong> and these<\/strong> show nearness in time or place. Use them with present tenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Demonstrative adjectives<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demonstrative\u00a0pronouns direct attention to a specific person, place, or thing. There are only four demonstrative pronouns:\u00a0this, that, these\u00a0and\u00a0those. When these words stand alone, they are pronouns. When they are used before an adjective, they...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[537,2430,541,836],"class_list":["post-73810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-adjectives","tag-demonstrative-adjectives","tag-demonstrative-pronouns","tag-pronouns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77861,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73810\/revisions\/77861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}