Let us work out some exercises to get more practice in demonstrative pronouns. Those look riper than the oranges on my tree. ( Those refer to objects farther away in space and time. ( These refer to objects close to the speaker.) Demonstrative Pronouns Example 4) Those are ridiculous. ( That refers to an object or event farther away in space or time.) Demonstrative Pronouns Example e) These are ridiculous. These are nice gloves, but they look flashy. Demonstrative Pronouns Example 2) That is ridiculous. Demonstrative pronouns are used to describe places, animals, or things, but they can be used to describe people also when the person is identified. When referring to more than one thing that is far, we use the demonstrative pronoun ‘those’.ĭemonstrative pronouns always point to nouns, whether those nouns are named or not. Whom is used for people and is the object of the verb. Sometimes the relative pronoun can be omitted, especially in spoken or informal contexts. Example of the word who being used as the subject of the verb. Who is used for people and if the subject of the verb.
When referring to something that is far, we use the demonstrative pronoun ‘that’. The most commonly used relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which and that. More than one thing that are near are referred to with the demonstrative pronoun ‘these’. When referring to a singular thing that is near, we use the demonstrative pronoun ‘this’.
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to refer to something specific in a sentence.
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