Read & Listen: What is This? What Are These?
OVERVIEW
On this page, you will learn about demonstrative pronouns.
- First, read the text and study the chart.
- Then, watch the slideshows to study more examples of this and these.
READ
Read:
Demonstrative pronouns tell us which thing or which person someone is talking about, when there are more than one. This is used with singular nouns. These is used with plural nouns.
| EXAMPLE | ||
| SINGULAR | this | This is a foot. |
| PLURAL | these | These are feet. |
STUDY
Read:
Study the slideshow "What is this?" Use the arrows in the bottom left to change slides.
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Read:
Study the slideshow "What are these?" Use the arrows in the bottom left to change the slide.
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READ & LISTEN
Read:
Just like the words this and these, the words that and those can be used in the same way to talk about things that are farther away, or not near you. These words can also be used to ask about things other people have.
Example:
What is that? That is a foot.
What are those? Those are feet.