Choose the Correct Demonstrative Adjective

1. This/that glass here is mine, but this/that one over there is his.
2. These/Those books here are hers, but these/those over there are mine.
3. She can’t eat all of this/these popcorn.
4. I can’t finish this/these contracts today. I’ll work on them tomorrow.
5. I think that/those woodpecker is back. I hear it banging on the house.

Find and Correct Errors

Each of the following sentences has a mistake with a demonstrative adjective. Identify the
incorrect word and decide what it should be replaced with.

1. Can you see these deer out in the field?

2. The robbery took place on May 19th. This night, there was a big storm.
3. This computers over there are old. That computers here are the new ones.
4. These movie ended four hours ago.
5. These cake tastes funny. I think you put too much salt in it.

Choose the Correct Demonstrative Adjective

There are four demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, and those. Choose
which demonstrative adjective would be used in each of the situations listed below.

1. Which demonstrative adjective would you use to describe a singular

noun that is far away?
2. Which demonstrative adjective would you use to describe a singular
noun that is nearby?
3. Which demonstrative adjective would you use to describe a plural noun that
is far away?
4. Which demonstrative adjective would you use to describe a plural noun that
is nearby?