Fill in the blanks with this, that, these and those.
1Looking back, ............... were the best days of my life.
Wrong!
Use "those" to refer to plural days in the past.
2............... standing next to me says that he wants to watch a movie.
Wrong!
Use "This boy" for one boy who is close to the speaker.
3Put ............... clothes down; they are dirty.
Wrong!
Use "those" with the plural noun "clothes" when they are not close to the speaker.
4............... is very tasty. Can I have some more?
Wrong!
Use "This" for one thing that is close to the speaker, such as food they are eating.
5Get ............... cat off the piano.
Wrong!
Use "that" with the singular noun "cat" when the cat is away from the speaker.
6I don’t know what I am doing in ............... company right now.
Wrong!
Use "this" for a present situation that feels close to the speaker.
7All the time I worked at ............... company, I hated it.
Wrong!
Use "that" for a company connected with a past situation.
8You were very rude at the party last month. You shouldn’t have behaved like ...............
Wrong!
Use "that" to refer back to past behaviour that is distant in time.
9A dog’s intelligence is much greater than ...............
Wrong!
Use "that of a cat" to mean "the intelligence of a cat" without repeating the noun.
10............... who have not yet registered should do so immediately.
Wrong!
Use "Those" to mean "the people" before the relative clause.
11It was so cold ............... I could see my breath.
Wrong!
Use "that" to complete the result structure "so... that".
12"How was the movie?" "Not all ............... good."
Wrong!
Use "that" in the expression "not all that good", meaning "not very good".
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- Looking back, those were the best days of my life.
- This boy standing next to me says that he wants to watch a movie.
- Put those clothes down; they are dirty.
- This is very tasty. Can I have some more?
- Get that cat off the piano.
- I don’t know what I am doing in this company right now.
- All the time I worked at that company, I hated it.
- You were very rude at the party last month. You shouldn’t have behaved like that.
- A dog’s intelligence is much greater than that of a cat.
- Those who have not yet registered should do so immediately.
- It was so cold that I could see my breath.
- “How was the movie?” “Not all that good.”