Grammar Level 1- Lesson Five
In this fifth grammar lesson, you learn about This That These Those in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Nouns And Pronouns If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
Requirement Lessons
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this / that / these / those
This
A thing or a person is
close
This = singular
That
A thing or a person is
far
That = singular
These
Things or people are
close
These = plural
Those
Things or people are
far
Those = plural
Close = x…y
This
pencil in my hand is yellow.
These
pencils are not very sharp.
Far = x…………………………y
That car across the street is red.
Those cars in the parking lot are white.
Write by hand
Take these stairs to get to those buildings.
That red building in the middle of this picture is very tall.
“That” is often contracted with the singular form of the verb “be”
That is a window. = That’s a window.
That is my brother, Tom. = That’s my brother, Tom.
“That’s” usually sounds much better than to say, “That is.”
“That” can’t be contracted in the plural form: That’re (no!)
This, these, and those can’t take contractions.
Quiz for This That These Those
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