Presentación PowerPoint acerca de los adjetivos y pronombres demostrativos

1. Demonstrative
pronouns
JULIA NAVARRO GUTIÉRREZ

2. Demonstrative pronouns
• This, That, These, Those are called demonstratives and they are used to
show the relative distance between the speaker and the noun.
Use this (singular) and these (plural) to talk about things close to us
Use that (singular) and those (plural) to talk about things at some
distance away from us.

3. CLOSE TO US AWAY FROM US
SINGULAR
THIS THAT
PLURAL THESE THOSE

4. • Examples:
This is my cat (singular)
These are my children (plural)
That is our car (singular)
Those are my shoes (plural)
• Note that the verb changes (singular / plural) depending on the pronoun
that you use

5. This/These = HERE
That/Those = THERE
• You can also use Demonstrative Pronouns by themselves:
 Did you do that?
 I’d like to buy those
 Which of these would you like?

6. Present vs. Past
• If an action is near in time we tend to use this / these.
If an action has finished or is in the past we use that / those.
• Examples:
 This is a good film. (we're watching it now)
 That was a good film. (we saw it at some time in the past)

7. Introducing people
• This is
• Use ‘this’ to introduce one person to another one. The expression this is is
commonly used when you talk on the phone or you introduce people.
• Examples:
 Hello, this is Peter.
 Carol, this is my friend Simon. Simon, this is Carol.

8. You’re doing a great job!