THIS THAT THESE THOSE | Demonstrative Adjectives | Learn THIS English Grammar Now

Hi, everybody, and welcome.

In this video, we’re going to talk about ‘this’ and ‘that’.

Now ‘this’ and ‘that’ are used to talk about nouns

that are close to us, near or far away.

Okay.

So let’s look at the board.

“This is a flower.”

Okay, we use ‘this’ to talk about one noun, “a flower”, that is close.

Okay.

“This is a flower.”

It’s not far.

It’s close.

“That is a flower.”

Okay, we use ‘that’ to talk about one noun that’s far away.

So, “That… that is a flower”.

Okay.

For another example…

“This is a marker.”

It’s close to me.

But “That… that is a marker”.

It’s far away.

Okay, let’s move on to the next part.

So we know…

“This is a flower.”

Okay.

And “That is a flower... that”.

Now, “Is this a flower”?

“What is it?”

“It’s a chair.”

So we have to use the negative.

“This isn’t a flower.”

It’s close by, but it isn’t a flower.

‘isn’t’ is a contraction for ‘is not’.

Okay.

“This isn’t a flower.”

“This is a chair.”

“That isn’t a flower.”

It’s far away, so we say “that”.

Again, we have ‘isn’t’, ‘a flower’.

“That’s a chair.”

And let’s take another example.

“This isn’t a pencil.”

“This is a marker.”

And…

“That isn’t a pencil.”

“That is a marker.”

Okay, let’s move on to the next part.

Now we’re going to learn how to use ‘this’ and ‘that’ in a question.

Okay.

So we know, “This is a flower”.

When we make a question, we have to switch.

We put the ‘be’ verb first.

So it becomes, “Is this a flower?”.

Okay, it’s close by.

So the answer is, “Yes, it is”.

Okay.

“Is that a flower?”

It’s far away.

The answer is, “Yes, it is”.

Okay, but how about this?

“This isn’t a flower.”

So...

“Is this a flower?”.

The answer is, “No, it isn’t”.

“Is that a flower?”

“No, it isn’t.”

Okay, here.

“Is this a marker?”.

“Yes, it is.”

“Is that a marker?”.

“Yes, it is.”

“Is this a pencil?”.

“No, it isn’t.”

“Is that a pencil?”.

“No, it isn’t.”

Okay, so we learned ‘this’ and ‘that’ in this video.

I hope you guys understand and I’ll see you in the next video.

Bye.

Hi, everybody and welcome to this video.

We’re going to talk about how to use ‘these’ and ‘those’.

Okay.

Uhhh, just like we learned with ‘this’ and ‘that’,

we use ‘these’ and ‘those’ to talk about nouns that are close to us

or far from us.

Okay.

So, let’s take a look at the board.

Now, we know if there is just one,

and it’s close to us,

we say, “This is a flower”.

Okay.

But there’s more than one.

It’s plural.

So we have to say, “These”.

“These are flowers.”

Again, more than one.

Now, I change the ‘be’ verb to ‘are’

and I added an ‘s’ at the end of ‘flower’.

So, “These are flowers.”

Okay.

Now, there’s one that’s far away.

We say, “That is a flower.”

But, again, there’s more than one.

There are two flowers.

So, in that case, we use, “Those are flowers.”

“Those are flowers.”

They’re far away.

“Those are flowers.”

Let’s look at these.

“This is a marker.”

“These are markers.”

“That is a marker.”

“Those are markers.”

Okay.

Let’s move on to the next part.

So we know “These are flowers”.

They’re close by.

And for the flowers that are far away, we say,

“Those are flowers”.

Okay.

But over here we have ‘chairs’.

So, we have to use the negative.

Okay.

We use the contraction ‘aren’t’

which is short for ‘are not’.

“These aren’t flowers.”

“These aren’t flowers.

Okay, and for the chairs that are far away,

we say, “Those aren’t flowers”.

“Those aren’t flowers.”

Okay, and let’s try with the markers.

“These aren’t pens.”

“These aren’t pens.”

Okay, and far away.

“Those aren’t pens.”

“Those aren’t pens.”

Okay, let’s move on to the next part.

Okay, now we’re going to make some questions.

We know, “These are flowers”.

When you want to make a question, you have to change

‘these are’ and put the ‘be’ verb first.

So, it becomes, “Are these flowers?”.

“Are these flowers?”

And the answer is “Yes, they are.”

Okay, now the flowers are far away.

So we say, “Are those flowers?”.

“Are those flowers?”

And again, the answer is “Yes, they are.”

Okay.

Now here, we have chairs.

“Are these flowers?”

The answer is “No, they aren’t.”

Okay, now they’re far away.

“Are those flowers?”

And again, the answer is “No, they aren’t.”

How about these?

“Are these markers?”

“Yes, they are.”

“Are those markers?”

“Yes, they are.”

“Are these pens?”

“No, they aren’t.”

“Are those pens?”

“No, they aren’t.”

Okay, so in this video, we learned how to use ‘these’ and ‘those’.

I hope you guys understand and I’ll see you in the next video.

Bye.

Let’s do some practice with ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’, and ‘those’.

First, I have this pen.

I have to say, “This is a pen.”

“This is a pen.”

Okay.

Over there, “That is a pen.”

“That is a pen.”

Now, I have two pens.

“These are pens.”

“These are pens.”

Okay, I’m going to move them far away.

“Those are pens.”

“Those are pens.”

Okay, let’s move on to questions.

I have one pen.

“Is this a pen?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Is this a cookie?”

“No, it isn’t.”

“Is that a pen?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Is that a cookie?”

“No, it isn’t.”

Okay, two pens.

“Are these pens?”

“Yes, they are.”

“Are these cookies?”

“No, they aren’t.”

Okay, now they’re over here.

“Are those pens?”

Yes, they are?”

“Are those cookies?”

“No, they aren’t.”

Okay, so that was our practice

for ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’, and ‘those’.

I hope you guys understood and I’ll see you in the next video.