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Unit 12 Dialogues - This/That/These/Those
1.
Hey, these hot dogs look good.
Yep, I like them too. Try some of those tacos as well, they're delicious.
OK. And what's this?
That's chicken soup, it's really good too. Eat up!
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2.
Do you like this sweater?
Yea, that looks good. I like this one as well.
Oh yea, that looks great! It goes well with these shorts.
And these boots are cool as well. Try them on!
Oh yea. I want the shorts, boots, and the sweater.
Let's buy them!
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3.
These pants are really big.
Look at these pants. They're so small!
How about those shoes?
Which shoes?
Look, those. They look really weird.
Come on, let's go to a different store. We need the right size!
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Key Vocabulary
these |
shorts |
Grammar
1. Demonstratives - this, that, these, those.
This/that/these/those show the relative distance between the speaker and a noun.
This refers to something near to the speaker, that to something further away. These is the plural of this, and those is the plural of that.
Sometimes demonstratives are pronouns, for example:
- "This is my Mom." Mom is near to the speaker
- "These are my books." The books are near the speaker.
- "I don't like that." He doesn't like something that is further away.
Sometimes demonstratives can also be adjectives, for example:
- That man is a doctor.
- I like those jackets.
- I don't like that movie.