Blue Level Lessons
1
Be
2
Be - Negatives
3
Be - Questions
4
Nouns / Pronouns
5
This/That These/Those
6
There
7
Present Tense
8
Present Continuous
9
Have
10
Articles
11
Prepositions
12
The Past Tense
13
Information Questions
14
Possessive Adjectives
15
Possessive Pronouns
16
Be - Past Tense
17
Time, Day, and Date
18
The Months of the Year
19
Count & Noncount Nouns
20
The Days of the Week
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
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Blue Level

Lesson Five

this / that / these / those

 

This

A thing or a person is close

This = singular

That

A thing or a person is far

That = singular

These

Things or people are close

These = plural

Those

Things or people are far

Those = plural

 

Close = x...y

This pencil in my hand is yellow.

These pencils are not very sharp.

 

Far = x..............................y

That car across the street is red.

Those cars in the parking lot are blue.

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buildings

Take these stairs to get to those buildings.

That blue building in the middle of this picture is very tall.

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"That" is often contracted with the singular form of the verb "be"

That is a window. = That's a window.

That is my friend, Tom. = That's my friend, Tom.

"That's" usually sounds much better than to say, "That is."

"That" can't be contracted in the plural form: That're (no!)

This, these, and those can't take contractions.

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