Introduzione

Usiamo "this" / "that" / "these" / "those" come aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi per identificare la cosa o le cose di cui stiamo parlando.

Aggettivi dimostrativi:

• I like this book.
• That book is expensive.
• She loves these books.
• I want those books.

Pronomi dimostrativi:

• Whose book is this?
• That is my book.
• These are mine.
• I want these, not those.

	Singolare	Plurale
vicino	this	these
lontano	that	those

Forma 1 – aggettivi dimostrativi

Usiamo "this" / "that" / "these" / "those" come aggettivi dimostrativi con un sostantivo:
aggettivo dimostrativo + sostantivo.

• Usiamo "this" e "these" per cose che sono vicine a noi nello spazio e nel tempo ("vicino").
• Usiamo "that" e "those" per cose che sono lontane da noi o che non possiamo vedere ("lontano").

Esempi:

• Singolare / vicino:
  • This food is expensive.
• Plurale / vicino:
  • Are these shoes yours?
• Singolare / lontano:
  • That film is very long.
• Plurale / lontano:
  • Those books aren’t mine.

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con l'aggettivo dimostrativo corretto:
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1)

Whose is    bag on the floor? (near)

 

2)

I love    flowers in the garden. (far)

 

3)

How much are    cakes? (near)

 

4)

I want to buy    leather chair. (far)

 

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Forma 2 – pronomi dimostrativi

Usiamo "this" / "that" / "these" / "those" come pronomi dimostrativi:

• senza un nome, se il nome al quale ci riferiamo è chiaro, per esempio perchè lo puoi vedere:
  • Singolare:
    • I own this.
  • Plurale:
    • My sister loves these.
  • Singolare:
    • Sarah doesn’t like that.
  • Plurale:
    • My brother has those.
    
    
• con "be" prima del sostantivo:

  • 	Singolare	Plurale
    Positivo	this is ... that is ...	these are ... those are ...
    Negativo	this isn't ... that isn't ...	these aren't ... those aren't ...
    domanda	is this ... ? is that ... ?	are these ... ? are those ... ?

  • Singolare:
    • This is a good book.
  • Plurale:
    • These are pretty flowers.
  • Singolare:
    • That is a good book.
  • Plurale:
    • Those are pretty flowers.
  
  
• con "be" e aggettivi e pronomi possessivi:
  • Singolare:
    • This is mine.
  • Plurale:
    • These aren't hers.
  • Singolare:
    • Is that her bag?
  • Plurale:
    • Are those your shoes?

Possiamo usare "this" / "these" per differenziare da "that" / "those" e per evitare di ripetere il sostantivo:

• Singolare:
  • I don't like that. I prefer this.
• Plurale:
  • "Are these books yours?" "No, those are mine."

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con il pronome dimostrativo corretto:
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1)

Which of    are yours? (near)

 

2)

   isn't my umbrella. (far)

 

3)

   is my mother's house. (near)

 

4)

My sister bought all of    . (far)

 

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Ulteriore pratica

Completa le frasi con la risposta corretta tra a, b, c o d:
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1)

I loved ____ we saw yesterday.
 

that film

these film

this films

those film

 

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2)

____ the best film you've ever seen?
 

Are this

Are those

Is that

Is these

 

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3)

We bought ____ in 1992.
 

those house

these house

that houses

this house

 

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4)

These aren't Michael's suitcases. ____ his.
 

These is

This are

Those are

That are

 

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5)

____ my favourite jacket.
 

Those are

That are

These is

This is

 

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6)

Where ____ dresses you bought yesterday?
 

are that

is these

is this

are those

 

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Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

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