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Understanding Demonstrative Pronouns

A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and using demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) in sentences.

Grade 4 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsParts of SpeechPronounsDemonstrative Pronouns
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.A

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ELAGrammarPronounsDemonstrative PronounsGrade 4
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Understanding Demonstrative Pronouns

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A demonstrative pronoun points to a specific thing or things. The most common demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those.

• This points to something singular and near.

• That points to something singular and far.

• These points to something plural and near.

• Those points to something plural and far.

Circle the demonstrative pronoun in each sentence.

1. Look at this! It's a beautiful flower.

a

Look

b

this

c

flower

d

beautiful

Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these, those) to complete each sentence.

1. Please hand me   book on the table next to you.

2. Do you see   birds flying high in the sky?

3.   is my favorite toy, right here in my hand.

4. The apples on the far branch are ripe; I want  .

Read each sentence. Decide if the statement about the demonstrative pronoun is True or False.

1. In the sentence 'That is a big dog,' 'That' refers to something singular and far away.

T

True

F

False

Write one sentence using 'this' and one sentence using 'those'.

1. Sentence using 'this':

2. Sentence using 'those':