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Hi, everybody, and welcome.
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In this video, we’re going to talk about
‘this’ and ‘that’.
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Now ‘this’ and ‘that’ are used to talk about nouns
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that are close to us, near or far away.
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Okay.
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So let’s look at the board.
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“This is a flower.”
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Okay, we use ‘this’ to talk about one noun, “a flower”, that is close.
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Okay.
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“This is a flower.”
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It’s not far.
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It’s close.
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“That is a flower.”
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Okay, we use ‘that’ to talk about one noun that’s far away.
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So, “That… that is a flower”.
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Okay.
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For another example…
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“This is a marker.”
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It’s close to me.
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But “That… that is a marker”.
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It’s far away.
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Okay, let’s move on to the next part.
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So we know…
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“This is a flower.”
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Okay.
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And “That is a flower... that”.
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Now, “Is this a flower”?
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a chair.”
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So we have to use the negative.
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“This isn’t a flower.”
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It’s close by, but it isn’t a flower.
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‘isn’t’ is a contraction for ‘is not’.
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Okay.
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“This isn’t a flower.”
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“This is a chair.”
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“That isn’t a flower.”
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It’s far away, so we say “that”.
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Again, we have ‘isn’t’, ‘a flower’.
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“That’s a chair.”
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And let’s take another example.
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“This isn’t a pencil.”
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“This is a marker.”
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And…
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“That isn’t a pencil.”
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“That is a marker.”
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Okay, let’s move on to the next part.
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Now we’re going to learn how to use
‘this’ and ‘that’ in a question.
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Okay.
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So we know, “This is a flower”.
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When we make a question, we have to switch.
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We put the ‘be’ verb first.
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So it becomes, “Is this a flower?”.
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Okay, it’s close by.
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So the answer is, “Yes, it is”.
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Okay.
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“Is that a flower?”
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It’s far away.
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The answer is, “Yes, it is”.
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Okay, but how about this?
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“This isn’t a flower.”
So...
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“Is this a flower?”.
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The answer is, “No, it isn’t”.
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“Is that a flower?”
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“No, it isn’t.”
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Okay, here.
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“Is this a marker?”.
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“Yes, it is.”
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“Is that a marker?”.
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“Yes, it is.”
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“Is this a pencil?”.
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“No, it isn’t.”
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“Is that a pencil?”.
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“No, it isn’t.”
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Okay, so we learned ‘this’ and ‘that’ in this video.
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I hope you guys understand and I’ll see you in the next video.
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Bye.
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