Day 4- English Spoken Course - Use of “This, That, These, Those” (Demonstrative Pronoun)

Use of “This,” “That,” “These,” and “Those” (Demonstratives):

These four (this, that, these, and those) are called demonstrative pronouns.

If a person, place, or thing is nearby, as per the table, we must use either “this” or “these.” If it is singular, then “this,” and if plural, then “these.”

Similarly, if a person, place, or thing is afar, we must use either "that" or "those."If it is singular, then “that,” and if plural, then “those.”

Examples-

This book (near).  

That book(afar).

Those/They children (Children are afar from you and plural subject, hence “those” is used.)

(Since Children are living being so we can also use “they”. )

Those books(afar). These chairs(near).

Those/they are boys.

Difference between Living & Non-Living

Living is the one that does

 Feeding

 Breathing

 Excretion(Removal of waste)

 Growth

 Reproduction.

Non-living is the one that doesn’t breath.

Examples-

This is my car.

That is your car.

These are beautiful flowers.

Those are red flowers.

That is a  new house.

Thank you. 👍 

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