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This pen is mine. That car is new.
These books are very old. Those cars are very expensive.

Here, the words ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’ and ‘those’ are used to point
out a person, place and thing. They are called demonstrative
determiners.

We use ‘this’ and ‘that’ with singulars and ‘these’ and ‘those’ are
with plurals.

‘This’ and ‘these’ indicate thing(s) closer to the speaker. [nearness]

‘That’ and ‘those’ indicate thing(s) far from the speaker. [distance]

ASSIGNMENT

A. Complete the following by using the appropriate demonstrative
determiners.

Rashmi: Do you hear someone sing a song over there?
Alex: Yes, I do. Do you like ________ song?

Rashmi: I have many collections of CDs. Do you want ___________ CDs?
Alex: No thanks.

Rashmi: _________ CD has many evergreen songs. You can take home
and play.

Alex. If you really don’t mind, can you show me ______________ photo
albums?

Rashmi: __________ ones which are on the shelves?
Alex: Yes.

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