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This document discusses the use of demonstrative pronouns such as this, these, that, and those. It explains that this and these refer to things that are near the speaker, while that and those refer to things farther away. It provides examples of using these pronouns to introduce people and objects as well as oneself in a phone conversation. The document also notes that when introducing multiple people, we say "this is" before each name rather than using "these are".

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Demonstratives 1

This document discusses the use of demonstrative pronouns such as this, these, that, and those. It explains that this and these refer to things that are near the speaker, while that and those refer to things farther away. It provides examples of using these pronouns to introduce people and objects as well as oneself in a phone conversation. The document also notes that when introducing multiple people, we say "this is" before each name rather than using "these are".

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DEMONSTRATIVES

• We use this (singular) and these (plural) as
pronouns:
to talk about persons or things near us:

This is a book. These are books.


• to introduce people:
This is John.

These are my friends, Leah and Annie.

• WARNING:
We don’t say These are Leah and Annie.
We say This is Leah and this is Annie.
• to introduce ourselves to begin a
conversation on the phone:

Hello, this is David, Can I speak to Sally?


• We use that (singular) and those (plural):
to talk about things that are not near us:

That is a pen. Those are pens.


This is a chair.
That is a desk.
These are cell phones.
Those are memory sticks.
This is a computer.
Those are notebooks.
That is a day planner.
These are files.
That is a pen.
Those are books.
This is a cell phone.
Those are day planners.
This is a notebook.
These are desks.
This is a memory stick.
These are chairs.
Those are computers.

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