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ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE

SPOKEN ENGLISH

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Lesson 5
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Demonstratives : how to use
this-these-that-those

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Hi everybody! In this spoken English lesson, we will talk about demonstratives. What are
demonstratives? Quite simply, they are words that demonstrate. In very simple language, they
are words which 'point' at something or somebody. If the thing or the person is near, we say
'this' . If the thing or person is at a distance, we say 'that'. If we are speaking about more than one
thing, then we say 'these' for things or people who are near and we say, 'those' for things or
people who are far.

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However, we must not forget that these demonstratives can be used also to talk about things and
people with reference to time. If we refer to something nearer to the time of speaking, then in
English, we say 'this' or 'these' depending on whether the sentence is in singular or plural mode. If
the time interval between the thing or event is longer, we use 'that' or 'those', again
depending on the singular or plural nature of the sentence.
So, we might say:
this morning
this week
these days
this meeting

that morning
that week
those days
that meeting

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Demonstratives may be demonstrative pronouns or demonstrative adjectives in English grammar.

But hey! Do you want to confuse yourself? Are you following the English Aam Spok en English
programme to appear for a grammar exam? I hope not!
Look , we aren't here to become scholars of English or to learn grammar. We are here just to learn
to speak good, natural sounding English and to do that, we don't need to understand the difference
between a demonstrative pronoun and a demonstrative adjective. So, we will sk ip this totally.

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CONTENTS

0000.LEVEL 0
SPOKEN
ENGLISH TIPS
Lesson 1
Introduction And
Orientation To
Spoken English.
(1)
0001.LEVEL 1
SPOKEN
ENGLISH
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE
CHAPTER 1
LESSONS 1 TO

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DEMONSTRATIV
ES IN ENGLISH
LEVEL 1:
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE (1)
POSSESSIVES
IN ENGLISH
LEVEL 1:
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE (1)
PRONOUNS IN
ENGLISH LEVEL
1: ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE (4)
TENSES IN
ENGLISH LEVEL
1: ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE 1:SIMPLE
PRESENT
TENSE (1)

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Close
(In time or distance)
singular
plural

Far
(In time or distance)

this
(one)
these (more than one)

singular
plural

that
(one)
these (more than one)

VOCABULARY &
COLLOCATIONS
LEVEL 1:
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER
COURSE (7)

PART 2

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 0
Introduction

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 1 Part 1
I-we-you

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 1 Part 2
I-we-you

ABC Spoken English

ABC Spoken English

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 2 Part 1
he-she-they

Lesson 2 Part 2
he-she-they

Lesson 2 Part 3
he-she-they

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 3 Part 1
It-they

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 3 Part 2
It-they

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 4 Part 1
to be verb am-are-is

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 4 Part 2
to be verb am-are-is

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 5 Part 1
this-these-that-those

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 5 Part 2
this-these-that-those

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 5 Part 3
this-these-that-those

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 6 Part 1
my-our-your-her etc.

ABC Spoken English

Lesson 6 Part 2
my-our-your-her etc.

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