DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGYCAL INSTITUTE

MARIANO SAMANIEGO

ENGLISH I DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS Mg. Sc. Viviana Escaleras ENGLISH TEACHER

TOPIC: Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

OBJECTIVES: - Use demonstrative pronouns with correct pronoun/antecedent and pronoun/verb agreement (singular and plural). - Distinguish between demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives.

A pronoun is defined as a word or phrase that is used as a substitution for a noun. Pronouns are short words and can do everything that nouns can do and are one of the building blocks of a sentence. Common pronouns are he, she, you, me, I, we, us, this, them, that. A pronoun can act as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and more and takes the place of any person, place, animal or thing.

What is a pronoun?

LET`S REFER ONLY TO DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns DEMONSTRATE, which means “show.”

Example: Which flag? – THIS flag

English has two sets of demonstrative pronouns:

Do you want THIS cellphone?

No, I want that cellphone.

But, what if there are two cellphones?:

You wouldn’t say, “I want this cellphones” or “I want that cellphones.”

Do you want these cellphones?

No, I want those cellphones.

Demonstrative pronouns are words that point to specific things. For example, “This is a pen”. These pronouns show the relationship between the person speaking and the object: - this / these: object or objects near the speaker (often within touching distance) - that / those: object or objects futher away from the speaker (often out of touching distance) - that over there / those over there: object or objects far away from the speaker

! In English, you have to change demonstrative adjectives to make them agree in number with the noun: I want THIS apple. BUT . . . I want THESE apples. I want THAT apple. BUT . . . I want THOSE apples. masc. sing. este (this) ese (that)fem. sing. esta (this) esa (that) masc. pl. estos (these) esos (those) fem. pl. estas (these) esas (those)

Notice that Spanish has three Demonstrative Pronouns: “Este” (“this”) is near the speaker. “Ese” (“that”) is not near the speaker. “Aquel” (feminine: “aquella”) is far away. If you use all three, “aquel” is the farthest away. But if you’re not using all three, you choose “aquel” rather than “ese” if you want to show that something is far away. I want to ride in that (ese) car in front of the building, not in that (aquel) car that’s parked on the other side of next week!

Complete the sentences bellow using the correct demonstrative adjective:

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