DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

☝DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS☝

🌷CONCEPT BASIC🌷

Demonstrative pronouns are those that are used to determine the location of something, depending on whether it is closer or further away. Unlike in Spanish, only two degrees of proximity are used in English. They agree in number, either singular or plural, with the noun they accompany and there are no differences between male and female.

•BASIC RULES• 

Demonstrative pronouns can be accompanied by a name as we see in the previous examples, or they can go alone as in the following examples:

I would like to buy this

These are my parents

Those are my new friends

This is a good film

What is that? 

Can you pass me that over there?

USES OF "THIS" AND"THAN"

1. In a telephone conversation, this is used to identify the person who is calling, while that is used to identify the person receiving the call.

Hello. This is Jane. Is that David?

2. We can also use this when we present people:

This is my sister Anne

3. With that we can refer to something from the past.

That day was amazing

OTHER CASES

Collective nouns such as children, men, women, persons are accompanied by plural pronouns These / Those:

Who are these people?

These children broke my bicycle

☝COMPLEMENTATION☝

I will leave you to video of complementation so that you can better understand this topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNy4xYiG7q8

EXERCICES 

Complete the sentence with the correct demonstrative pronoun.

Sample

 pencil in my hand is mine.

Q1 of 5

 dogs over there are John's.

Q2 of 5

[On the telephone] Hello, _____ is Katie. 

Q3 of 5

I like _____ cookies here on this plate. 

Q4 of 5

Don't do _____! It's very noisy! 

Q5 of 5

Can I see _____ trousers over there?