Monday 25th November

Demonstrative Adjectives

Use:
This:                       Use this to talk about something which is near you.
                                                How much is this bag?

These:                  Use these to talk about two or more things which are near you.                                                
                                                Are these your keys?

That:                      Use that to talk about one thing which is far from you.
                                                Is that your house?

Those:                  Use those to talk about two or more things which are far from you.
                                                Who are those children over there?
                                                
Use This, That, These and Those:

• Before the verb be.

                This is my sister / Those are my children.

• Before a noun:

                That cake looks delicious! These bags are expensive!

Make questions this way:
                Is this / that your sister?               
                Are these / those your children?

You can contract is after that. 
                That is my dad.                                 =>           That’s my dad.
But do not contract is after this.
                This’s my dad.                                 =>           This is my dad.
Do not contract are after These / Those.
                
Common mistakes

Always use a verb in sentences with this, that, these and those.
This lovely bag.                                                =>           This is a lovely bag / This bag is lovely.

Simple adjectives

Use:
Simple adjectives are describing words.

• They can go before nouns.

                That’s a nice car.

• They can also follow the verbs be, look, feel, smell, sound and taste.

This food looks nice.  It smells delicious! The cake is lovely!

Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with the correct pronoun

Hi, my name is Bart Simpson. 

I want to introduce you to my family. 

1.   is my father, Homer Simpson

2.         is my mother, Marge Simpson.

3.      two girls are my sisters, Lisa and Maggie.

The people who live next door are called the Flanders.

4.                        two boys are Rod and Todd Flanders. 

5.     is their father Ned Flanders.

I love watching television.

6.   two are called Itchy & Scratchy,  

They are my favourite cartoon characters.

7.      is Crusty the Clown. He's very funny.

 

Exercise 2 - Fill in. Choose from: this, that, these, those .

1	How much is  book over there?
2	How much are  shoes in the window?
3	Where`s  magazine about horses?
4	tennis shoes are too big; I must take them off.
5	Who`s  girl?
6	rulers here are 25p and  in the window are 20p.