Fill in the blanks with this or that.
1. Look at …………………… tree over there. How tall!
Correct!
Wrong!
2. Is ………………… your pen? I found it lying on the floor.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Can you help me solve ………………… problem?
Correct!
Wrong!
4. Can you help me put this chair in …………………… corner there?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. …………………… looks like Mrs Sullivan.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. Get ………………… cat off my shoulder.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. Get ……………………… cat off the piano.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Is ………………….. your bike over there?
Correct!
Wrong!
9. Is .................................... your cap lying here on the table?
Correct!
Wrong!
10. .................................. was a nice story you told us yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I am not sure but I think ..................................... is John’s house.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. Is ..................................... your sister coming down the road?
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. Look at that tree over there. How tall!
2. Is this your pen? I found it lying on the floor.
3. Can you help me solve this problem?
4. Can you help me put this chair in that corner there?
5. That looks like Mrs Sullivan.
6. Get this cat off my shoulder.
7. Get that cat off the piano.
8. Is that your bike over there?
9. Is this your cap lying here on the table?
10. That was a nice story you told us yesterday.
11. I am not sure but I think this is John’s house.
12. Is that your sister coming down the road?
Notes
We use that and those to talk about people and things which are more distant from the speaker in space or time.
