Demonstratives: this/that these/those

4.  Demonstratives.

this/ that                             these/those

This and these are to talk about people or things that are near you.

one	Two or more
This is my beautiful pot	These are my pots
This pot is beautiful	These pots are beautiful
This is my pencil	These are my pencils
This is my friends	These are my friends
This is my book	These are my books

Things or people are near you, so you can touch then à This/these.

 

That and those are to talk about people or things that are far of you.

one	Two or more
That’s Peter’s toy	Those are Peter’s toys
That’s Mary’s picture	Those are Mary’s pictures
That’s  my teacher	Those are my teachers
That’s his marble	Those are his marbles

Things or people are far of you, so you can not touch then à That/those.

Practice

 

 This is my class. I’m raising my hand to ask. These are my friends, and this is my teacher. That is our board, it’s behind the teacher. That is the class’s notice-board, it’s behind me. Those are Mary’s flowers, they are very beautiful. That is the wastepaper; it’s near to the teacher. We’re studying. This is our blue desk and these are our chairs.

Articles: a, an

3. Articles: a, an

A and an can tell you what a person, animal or thing is:

I´m a teacher

Rufo is an inventor

Steve is my uncle

That´s an octopus

*Put a before a consonant when you want to talk about one thing:

A dog, a rabbit, a table, a pencil, a book…

*Put an before a vowel when you want to talk about one thing:

An umbrella, an elephant, an egg, an apple…

                       Remember!!!                                                                       Be careful!!!

These are vowels: a, e, i, o, u These are consonants:  b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z

A useful book     NOT    an useful book A uniform            NOT   an uniform An hour               NOT    a hour

a	an
a  dog	an article
a  lesson	an uncle
a  bicycle	an egg
a  boy	an artista
a house	an hour
a  toy	an apple
a  head	an orange

 

Practice.

Lewis goes to school. He doesn’t wear ……………..uniform at school. He wears T-shirts. He likes school, but he doesn’t like homework. Everyday Lewis does homework for …………..hour. He likes English. He says ………..grammar book is……………useful book.