S-V-O
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Subject-Verb-Object
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I like rice.
She loves her job.
He's eating an orange
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Introducing others
This is my friend, Jack: Hi Jack. I'm Linda
This is my brother, Bob.
This is my sister, Cindy.
This is my father, Mr. Harris.
This is my mother, Mrs. Harris.
This is my teacher, Ms. Watson.
This is my student, Carrie.
This is my friend, Mary Jones.
This is my boss, Mr. Ritter.
This is my co-worker, Penny Pitcher.
Nice to meet you: Nice to meet you too.
This is Minnie Rivers.
That is Mr. Lewis.
2. Minnie is a writer.
Mr. Lewis is a barber.
Gail is an artist.
He is a photographer.
She is a secretary.
He's a dentist.
She's a doctor.
3. I am a computer programmer.
I'm a businessman.
I'm a businesswoman.
I'm not a mechanic.
4. We are writers.
They are engineers.
You are a student.
You are students.
5. This is an apple.
This is a banana.
That is an orange.
That is not a tomato.
It is a telephone.
It's a horse.
It's not an airplane.
Demonstratives are used to point out a particular item. They are as follows:
This (indicates something close to the speaker)
That (indicates something away from the speaker)
These (indicates some things close to the speaker)
Those (indicates some things away from the speaker)
Example:
Q: What is this? (pointing to something held in the speaker's hand or near the speaker)
A: A pencil.
Q: What is that? (pointing to something at a distance from the speaker)
A: A tree.
Remember that demonstratives are used in reference to the speaker. (What is near "you" may not be near "me" and vice versa.)
• A: What's that you're holding?
B: This is an egg. Here, catch!
A: Oops.
B: That's a mess.
A: What are these (holding up a pair of slippers)
B: Those are slippers.
Be sure to use this/that with singular and non-count nouns and these/those with count nouns.
• This orange is sour.
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• These oranges are sweet.
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• That truck is full.
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• Those trucks are empty.
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• This milk is fresh.
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Sometimes demonstratives can be used as pronouns (to refer to a particular noun.)
• Give me that!
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• Whose are these?
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• Give me that (spoon).
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• Whose are these (socks)?
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This and that can also be used with one. However, these and those are more commonly used alone.
• I want this one.
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• I want these. (not these ones)
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• I'll take that one.
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• I'll take those.
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1. What is this?
2. What is that?
3. What's this?
4. What's that?
5. What are these?
6. What are those?
7. Where is Mr. King?
8. Where is Ms. Knight?
9. Where's Johnny?
10. When's the movie?
11. When's lunch?
12. How is the food?
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This is a table.
That is a chair.
It's a pen.
It's an apple.
These are pencils.
Those are books.
He is over there.
She's (right) here.
He's in the house.
It's at 9:00.
Lunch is at noon.
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