Mastering Demonstratives (Grade 8)
This worksheet helps 8th-grade students understand and correctly use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (this, that, these, those) in sentences.
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Mastering Demonstratives
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Demonstratives (this, that, these, those) are words that point to specific things. They can act as demonstrative adjectives (when they modify a noun) or demonstrative pronouns (when they stand alone). Read each section carefully and complete the tasks.
Read each sentence. Identify the demonstrative and determine if it is used as an adjective or a pronoun.
1. "This book is my favorite," she exclaimed.
This (Adjective)
This (Pronoun)
Book (Adjective)
Book (Pronoun)
2. Those are the shoes I want for my birthday.
Those (Adjective)
Those (Pronoun)
Shoes (Adjective)
Shoes (Pronoun)
Choose the correct demonstrative (this, that, these, those) to complete each sentence. Pay attention to number (singular/plural) and proximity (near/far).
3. Look at beautiful sunset over there!
4. Will you please hand me pencil right next to you?
5. birds flying high above are migrating south.
6. I can't believe happened today; it was so unexpected.
Write two sentences using 'this' as a demonstrative adjective and two sentences using 'that' as a demonstrative pronoun.
7. 'This' as a demonstrative adjective:
8. 'That' as a demonstrative pronoun:
Determine if the following statements about demonstratives are true or false.
9. The word 'these' refers to something singular and far away.
True
False
10. 'Those' can only be used as a demonstrative adjective.
True
False