La Gata

Demonstrative Pronouns

The words this, these, that and those are called
demonstrative pronouns. They are showing words.

That is John’s house.
That is a mountain.
Those are horses.
What arethose?
We can do better than that.
No, that’s not mine.

That’s amazing!
Hello, who is that speaking, please?
Hello, is that you, George?
This is my house.
This is a hill.
These are donkeys.What is this?
Did you drop this?
Hi, Jane! This is Michael!

You use this and these when you point to things
near you.
You use that and those when you point to things
farther away.Demonstrative pronouns can be singular or plural:

Singular Plural
this these
that those
These are sheep.
Those are goats.


THERE IS / THERE ARE

Use is and are with the word there to say what youcan see and hear.
Learn this contraction:
there is = there’s

There is a fence around the school.
There are two guards at the gate.
Is there any food in the fridge?
Are there any apples lefton the tree?
How much rice is there?
There are a few sharks in the bay. (tiburones)
There is a castle on the hill.
There are some clouds in the sky.

Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with There isor There are.
1 ______________ a fence around the barn. (granero)
2 ______________ trees along the road.
3 ______________ a rainbow in the sky.
4 ______________ lots of parks in our town.
5______________ nothing in the cupboard.
6 ______________ not many bedrooms in the new house.
7 ______________ lots of mistakes on your test paper.
8 ______________ a dog in the yard.
9______________ ants in the cookies. (hormigas)
10 ______________ many different kinds of animals
in the zoo.
11 ______________ plenty of food on the table.
12______________ a church on the hilltop.
13 ______________ no more water in the pool.
14 ______________ too many people on the beach.







QUANTIFIERS: How many, How much?

much: it is used with...