Demonstrative pronouns

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Would you look at that, we are going to talk about demonstrative pronouns today!

What exactly are demonstrative pronouns? Let’s find out!

A demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these and those) are used instead of a noun to point out people or things.

If something is near in distance or time, we use this (singular) or these (plural)

If something is far in distance or time, we use that (singular) or those (plural)

Let’s look at some examples:

• That is my brother (he is far away).
• These are some crazy times (talking about the present [now])
• Look at this cool new phone (something that is close)
• Those were the days! (talking about the past).

Let’s try a quiz and see how well you know it!

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