To Use This, That, These and Those

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This, That, These, Those: learn the difference

Learn to use This, That, These and Those in English

Why do we use this and these?

We use this (singular) and these (plural) as demonstrative pronouns:

To talk about people or things near us:

Example: 

This is a nice cup of coffe.

Whose bags are these?

To introduce people:

Example:

This is Jessica.

These are my friends, Tom and Triss.

WARNING:

We don't say These are Tom and Triss.

We say This is Tom and this is Triss.

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To introduce ourselves to begin a conversation on the phone:

Hello, this is Dodi, Can I speak to Intan?

Why do we use that and those?

We use that (singular) and those (plural):

To talk about things that are not near us:

What's that?

This is our bags, and that's Rebecca's bags over there.

Those are very expensive books

We also use 'that' to refer back to something someone said or did:

Examples:

a: Shall we go to the mall?

b: Yes, that's a good idea.

a: I've got a new car.

b: That's great.

a: I'm very anggry.

b: Why is that?

Use of this, these, that, those with nouns: You can also use demonstratives before a noun. These are called 'demonstrative adjectives'.

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The Demonstrative Adjective needs to agree

(be the same form) as the noun.

Examples of demonstrative adjectives:

This party is boring. (singular)

That city is busy. (singular)

These foods are delicious. (plural)

Those flowers are beautiful. (plural)

We also use this, these, that and those with nouns to show proximity

We use 'this' and 'these' for people or things near us:

Examples:

We have lived in this house for ten years.

Have you read all of these newspaper?

We use 'that' and 'those' for people or things that are not near us:

Examples:

Who lives in that house?

Who are those people?

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