English The Easy Way : English Grammar : Nouns : Determiners
English Demonstratives That - This -These - Those
What are Demonstratives?
That This These Those
There are 4 demonstratives that, this, these and those. Demonstratives are used to state the distance from the speaker. The distance can be either psychological or physical.
Demonstratives can be used as pronouns or adjectives. They are sometimes referred to as demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns. When they are used as adjectives they modify the noun.
What is the grammatical difference between that, this, these those.
The difference between the demonstratives distance (near and far) and singular and plural.
- "This" is used for singular nouns that are close to the speaker.
- "That" is used for singular nouns that are far from the speaker.
- "These" is used for plural nouns that are close to the speaker.
- "Those" is used for plural nouns that are far from the speaker.
| - | Singular |
Plural |
Close |
Far |
| This | x |
- |
x |
- |
| That | x |
- |
- |
x |
| These | - |
x |
x |
- |
| Those | = |
x |
- |
x |
| = | Demonstratives | Demonstrative Adjectives |
| That | That is the place. | That restaurant is really good. |
| This | This is really good. | This book is really good. |
| These | These are a lot of fun. | These games are a lot of fun. |
| Those | Those are really good English books | Those English books are really good. |
English The Easy Way : English Grammar : Nouns : Determiners
