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Examples:
This book was a present from my mother.
When did you buy that hat?
You can also use this, that,
these, and those
As determiners in front of
nouns.
10. 10
Example:
Who is this?
These are my children, Susan and Paul.
Was that Patrick on the phone?
You use this, that, these
and those when you are
identifying or introducing
people or asking who
they are.
11. Example:
That was an interesting word you used just
now.
More money is being pumped into the
education system and we assume that this will
continue
You use this, that,
these, and those to refer
back to things that have
already been
mentioned.
That /those Past
This/these Future
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12. You use this and
these to refer
forward to
Things you are
going to mention.
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Examples:
This is what I want to say: it wasn’t my idea.
These are the new topics we will be looking at
next week: how the accident happened, whether it
could have been avoided and who was to blame.
13. You use one and ones
instead of a noun that
has already been
mentioned or is known
in the situation,
usually when you are
adding information or
contrasting two things
of the same kind.
13
Examples:
My car is the blue one.
Are the new curtains longer than the old
ones?
14. 14
Examples:
Which one do you prefer? Apple or banana?
Which ones were damaged? The computers or
the cars?
You can use which one
or which ones in a
question.
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Examples:
I like this one better.
We’ ll have those ones, thank you
You can say this one,
that one, these ones,
and those ones without
saying the noun you are
referring to.
16. You can use each one or one
each, but note there is a
difference in meaning.
Each one each brother
One each one for each
children
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I’ ve got three brothers and each one lives in a
different country.
I bought the children one each.