1. Demonstrative Pronouns 22-8-2005 Lo Chung Kwong

2. Subject PronounsObject PronounsPossessive Pronouns I me mine You yours Weus ours Theythemtheirs He him hers She it her his

3. This These That Those PronounsDemonstrative We use them when we point to the people / things we are talking about.

4. When ONE person / thing is near us, This isShek Wing Fai. This is my pen. Use the following things to make your sentences : ruler / rubber / book / watch / classmate / student card / Octopus / schoolbag,etc. we use THIS

5. When one person / thing is NOT near us Thatis Chan Yung Yung That is a computer. That is a speaker. That is Ka Yan’s English book. Make similar sentences talk about me or your classmates.

6. When more than one person / thing and they are near us, we use These. Theseare my visa cards. These are my CD ROMs. These are my notes. Can you show us something and make similar sentences. These are Ka Ming’s pens.

7. This is / These are one person / one thing is near you. We can add the adverbial phrase “over here / here”. This is my picturehere / over here. These are my model gunshere/ over here.

8. When more than one person / thing and they are NOT near us, we use Those. Those aremy model guns. Those are Yat Kwan’s books. Those are your collections. pictures / visa / CD ROMs / notes / glasses e.g. Those are your pictures. there / over there

9. Questions and Answers Is thisa toy gun? a real gun?Is that Yes, it is. No, it is not / isn’t. Yes, this is. No, that is not / isn’t.

10. Exercises e.g. This is Peter’s book. Is this book Peter’s? Yes, it is. 1.This is Mary’s Coke can. Is this Mary’s Coke can? Yes, it is. 2.That is not Tom’s coin. Is that Tom’s coin? No, it is not / isn’t. 3. This is not Mr. Lo’s car. 4. That is Miss Wong’s handbag. 5. That is her watch.

11. Questions and Answers Are thesetoy guns? Are those real guns? Yes, they are. No, they are not / aren’t. Yes, these are. No, those are not / aren’t.

12. Exercises e.g. These Peter’s books. Are these books Peter’s? Yes, they are. 1.These are Mary’s Coke cans. Are these Mary’s Coke cans? Yes, they are. 2.Those are not Tom’s coin. Are those Tom’s coins? No, they aren’t. 3. These are not Mr. Lo’s pens. 4. Those are Miss Wong’s children. 5. These are her watches.

13. May Tom Jack Tim Paul Mary John

14. May Tom Jack Tim Paul Mary John

15. Who is the owner? Each one put one thing into my bag. Come to my desk and get one thing which is not yours. Show it to a classmate and ask: “ Is this ~ yours?” / “ Are these ~ yours?” If he/she is not the owner, go to try another one. If he/she says, “Yes, it’s/they’re mine.” Then both of you can come to collect your good cards. ( I have put in some collections of mine! )

16. Worksheet Exercise 1 1.This 2.Those 3.That 4.These 5.that 6.Those 7.This 8.these Worksheet Exercise 2 1.Is this 2.Is that 3.These are 4.This is 5.Is that 6.That is 7.Are those

17. SAC This / That is There is / There are Workbook P.39