This, that, these and those are distributive pronouns. They can be used as determiners with nouns to refer to either people or things. When these words are used without nouns, they normally only refer to things.

We use this and these to talk about people and things which are close to the speaker. We use that and those to refer to people or things which are more distant from the speaker. That is also used to talk about people or things that are not present or about actions or situations that happened in the past.

Complete the following sentences using this or that.

1. Look at ……………………………….. boy over there.

2. Is …………………………….. your pen? I found it lying on the table.

3. Can you help me solve ………………………………. problem?

4. Can you put this book on ………………………………….. shelf over there?

5. Get …………………………………… cat off my shoulder.

6. Get ………………………………… cat off the piano.

7. Listen to ……………………………… music. You will like it.

8. Let’s hang ……………………………. picture on that wall.

9. ………………………………. was nice. What was it?

10. Did you see ………………………………… fat guy over there?

Answers

1. Look at that boy over there.

2. Is this your pen? I found it lying on the table.

3. Can you help me solve this problem?

4. Can you put this book on that shelf over there?

5. Get this cat off my shoulder.

6. Get that cat off the piano.

7. Listen to this music. You will like it.

8. Let’s hang this picture on that wall.

9. That was nice. What was it?

10. Did you see that fat guy over there?