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Note
Now, read these sentences.
Demonstrative adjectives are
y These shoes are mine. followed by nouns. Demonstrative
pronouns stand alone. For example,
y That dress is pretty.
• These shoes are mine.
y This house has a sloping roof. (demonstrative adjective)

y Those students played well. • Those are yours.
(demonstrative pronoun)
The highlighted adjectives point at specific nouns.

Adjectives that point at specific things are called demonstrative adjectives.

F. State whether the highlighted words are demonstrative adjectives or
demonstrative pronouns.

1. These mangoes are sour.

2. This bag belongs to Indira.

3. That girl in the red dress is pretty.

4. These are sweet mangoes.

5. This is ridiculous.

6. This sounds like Katie’s bark.

7. Those apples look better.

8. These chairs look nice but they are uncomfortable.

Let’s Play
Draw as suggested.

Those are stars. This is an apple. That is a bird.

That is the Moon. This is a parrot. This is a phone.

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