ENGLISH HOMEWORK

ESCUELA NORMAL SUPERIOR OIBA

Resolución de aprobación No. 19465 de 15 de diciembre de 2017, ENGLISH AREA
De la Secretaria de Educación de Santander y
Autorizada por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional
DOCENTE: ANDRES SANTIAGO MEDINA
Para el Funcionamiento del Programa de Formación Complementaria CEL.: 3134144228
Resolución 1492 de 7 de febrero de 2019
Naturaleza: oficial. Carácter: Mixto GRADO PFC
Código DANE No. 168500000218 Código ICFES: 014951
NIT. 890212320 FECHA Junio 3-10 / 2020

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE
• We use demonstrative adjectives to explain or talk about someone or
something.
• If we want to demonstrate where or what about person, people, or things, we
use demonstrative adjectives.
There 4 demonstrative adjectives
THIS: ESTE / ESTA

THAT: ESE/ ESA

THESE: ESTOS / ESTAS

THOSE: ESOS / ESAS

ADJECTIVE SINGULAR PLURAL NEAR FAR

THIS X X
THAT X X
THESE X X
THOSE X X

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 ENGLISH HOMEWORK
ESCUELA NORMAL SUPERIOR OIBA
Resolución de aprobación No. 19465 de 15 de diciembre de 2017, ENGLISH AREA
De la Secretaria de Educación de Santander y
Autorizada por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional
DOCENTE: ANDRES SANTIAGO MEDINA
Para el Funcionamiento del Programa de Formación Complementaria CEL.: 3134144228
Resolución 1492 de 7 de febrero de 2019
Naturaleza: oficial. Carácter: Mixto GRADO PFC
Código DANE No. 168500000218 Código ICFES: 014951
NIT. 890212320 FECHA Junio 3-10 / 2020

Notes
1. We use 'this / that' for singular and uncountable nouns and these / those for plural nouns.
2. We use 'this / these' for things which are physically near us.
3. We use that / those for things which are far away from us.
4. We also use that / those for things which are distant from us in time.
5. We can use 'this / that' to refer to general things, e.g. what somebody has said.
6. On the phone we can say, 'This is Ollie' (if you are Ollie) or 'Is that Alfie?'

Examples
• This is my market: Este es mi marcador.
• That’s my car and my house: Ese es mi auto y mi casa.
• These are my students: Estos son mis estudiantes.
• Those are the soccer players: Esos son los jugadores de futbol.

ACTIVITY
A. Write:
1. 5 sentences using this.
2. 5 sentences using that.
3. 5 sentences using these.
4. 5 sentences using those.

B. Go to the website solve and send into this file a

screenshot:
• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/demonstratives/this-that-these-those
• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/demonstratives/this-that

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe