English Grade 5 Demonstrative Pronouns

1. Using Demonstrative
Pronouns in Sentences
English V

2. Review

3. Motivation
Have you presented reports based on your
science experiments? What is usually the
purpose of the experiments? Were you able to
get a good result?
Let’s read a report on a daring series of
experiments in a Grade V class. The
experiments are intended to show that people
can live and work at the bottom of the sea.

4. “Look at these tiny
marine plants and
animals. These are
called plankton.
These are caught in
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the net as they float in the water.
Plankton is a deep sea delicacy. This is eaten
raw by aquanauts.

5. That large
vehicle on the
far side of the
picture is a
sealab capsule.
That is where the aquanauts perform their
experiments

6. Those small fish-like
objects are quick-
moving fish. Those
give the aquanauts a
view of the struggle
for survival among
marine life.

7. Analysis and Discussion
a. What is the purpose of the
aquanauts’ experiment?
b. What do they find out from their
experiments?
c. Read the report again. Note the
italicized words.
This These That Those

8. Analysis and Discussion
d. These words –
This These
That Those
-are called demonstrative pronouns.
Can you tell why they are called such?
e. Those words are not in italics because they
are adjectives – not demonstrative
pronouns. Compare them with the italicized
demonstrative pronouns.

9. Remember
A demonstrative pronoun points out a
particular person, place or thing.
Demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these
and those.
This and these point out nouns that are
near the person speaking. That and those
point out things that are far from the person
speaking.
This and that are singular. These and
those are plural.

10. Remember
How can you distinguish a
demonstrative pronoun from an
adjective?
When this, these, that and those are
used before nouns, they are adjectives,
not pronouns.

11. Oral Practice
Check the sentence that has a demonstrative
pronoun. Then, circle the demonstrative
pronoun.
1. At this moment, one out of every ten people
is suffering from the common cold.
2. If not treated, this ailment may lead to a
worse disease.
3. This has happened in many cases.
4. That story about feeding a cold is true.
5. That is because the body needs all the
healthful food it can get to fight off a cold.

12. Key
Check the sentence that has a demonstrative
pronoun. Then, circle the demonstrative
pronoun.
1. At this moment, one out of every ten people
is suffering from the common cold.
2. If not treated, this ailment may lead to a
worse disease.
3. This has happened in many cases.
4. That story about feeding a cold is true.
5. That is because the body needs all the
healthful food it can get to fight off a cold.
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13. Written Practice
Complete each sentence with a demonstrative
pronoun.
1. Nena showed her bag to her classmate.
“____ is mine,” she said. “____ was bought
for me on my birthday.”
2. Nena’s classmate pointed to a bag a few
meters away. “____ is mine,” she said. “It’s
new too, ____ was sent to me by my sister
who works abroad.”

14. Written Practice
3. Nena opened her bag and showed it to her
classmate. “____ are the features of this bag:
a place each for pencils, crayons, snacks and a
water bottle.

15. Key
Complete each sentence with a demonstrative
pronoun.
1. Nena showed her bag to her classmate.
“This is mine,” she said. “This was bought
for me on my birthday.”
2. Nena’s classmate pointed to a bag a few
meters away. “That is mine,” she said. “It’s
new too, that was sent to me by my sister
who works abroad.”

16. Key
3. Nena opened her bag and showed it to her
classmate. “These are the features of this
bag: a place each for pencils, crayons, snacks
and a water bottle.

17. Evaluation
Complete the story with correct demonstrative
pronoun.
1. Linda was shopping for handkerchiefs. She
held out a few to the salesperson. “____ are
the ones I’d like to buy,” she said.
2. Look, Linda,” said her sister, “there are some
pretty ones up there in that shelf. I like ____.”
3. The salesperson got the handkerchiefs and
Linda got the green one. “____ matches my
dress,” she said, as she held it against her
dress. “I’ll take ____.”

18. Evaluation
Complete the story with correct demonstrative
pronoun.
4. Then, she glanced at the counter of hair clips
across the aisle. “____ is just the right clip for
me,” she said as she pointed to a clip at the
far side of the counter.
5. “Why don’t we buy one of each color?” her
sister asked. “We’ll take ____,” she said to the
salesperson.

19. Evaluation
Complete the story with correct demonstrative
pronoun.
1. Linda was shopping for handkerchiefs. She
held out a few to the salesperson. “These are
the ones I’d like to buy,” she said.
2. Look, Linda,” said her sister, “there are some
pretty ones up there in that shelf.I like those.”
3. The salesperson got the handkerchiefs and
Linda got the green one. “This matches my
dress,” she said, as she held it against her
dress. “I’ll take this.”

20. Evaluation
Complete the story with correct demonstrative
pronoun.
4. Then, she glanced at the counter of hair clips
across the aisle. “That is just the right clip for
me,” she said as she pointed to a clip at the
far side of the counter.
5. “Why don’t we buy one of each color?” her
sister asked. “We’ll take those,” she said to
the salesperson.

21. Assignment
Answer the worksheet on
Demonstrative Pronouns