{"id":8894,"date":"2018-08-27T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=8894"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:26:25","slug":"demonstrative-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/08\/demonstrative-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrative Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Use<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to talk about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one thing<\/span>\u00a0which is\u00a0<u>near<\/u><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This<\/span> fruit is an apple.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>These:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to talk about\u00a0<u>two or more<\/u>\u00a0things which are\u00a0<u>near<\/u><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">These<\/span> are the books I borrowed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>That:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to talk about\u00a0<u>one<\/u>\u00a0thing which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">far<\/span><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is\u00a0<u>that<\/u>\u00a0your house on corner of the street?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to talk about\u00a0<u>two or more<\/u>\u00a0things which are\u00a0<u>far<\/u><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What are\u00a0<u>those<\/u>\u00a0birds over there?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Use\u00a0<strong>This, That, These<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Those<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before a <strong>be-verb<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>This is<\/u>\u00a0my mother. \/\u00a0<u>Those are<\/u>\u00a0my friends.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before a <strong>noun<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><u>That painting<\/u>\u00a0looks beautiful! \/\u00a0<u>These cupcakes<\/u>\u00a0are delicious!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Interrogative<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Is this \/ that<\/u>\u00a0his teacher?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Are these \/ those<\/u>\u00a0their notebooks?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Contraction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>IS\u00a0<\/strong>can be contracted after\u00a0that.<br \/>\n<em>That is my car.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0=&gt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em><u>That\u2019s<\/u>\u00a0my car.<\/em><br \/>\nBut not after\u00a0<strong>this<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">This\u2019s my car.<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0=&gt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em><u>This is<\/u>\u00a0my car.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>ARE<\/strong> after These \/ Those can&#8217;t be contracted.<\/p>\n<h2>Common Mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>A verb must always be used in sentences with\u00a0<strong>this, that, these<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>those<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">This amazing show.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0=&gt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>This is an amazing show. \/ This show is amazing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use This:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to talk about one thing\u00a0which is\u00a0near \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This fruit is an apple. 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