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All A1 questions for “This, That, These and Those – A1 Grammar Exercises with Answers”, each with the correct answer and a short explanation. Try the interactive exercises above, then check your answers here.
1. ___ is my phone, in my hand.
Answer: This
This is for one thing near you.
2. ___ are my keys, right here.
Answer: These
These is for more than one thing near you.
3. ___ car, over there, is yours.
Answer: That
That is for one thing far away.
4. Look at ___ birds, over there in the sky!
Answer: Those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
5. ___ is a lovely photo, right here in my hand.
Answer: This
This is for one thing near you.
6. ___ are delicious cookies, here on the table.
Answer: These
These is for more than one thing near you.
7. Can you see ___ mountain in the distance?
Answer: That
That is for one thing far away.
8. I don't like ___ shoes, over there in the window.
Answer: Those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
9. ___ is my seat, right here.
Answer: This
This is for one thing near you.
10. ___ are my friends, over there by the door.
Answer: Those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
1. A guide shows visitors around the British Museum. She stops beside a glass case. _____ case holds the Rosetta Stone, found in Egypt in 1799.
Answer: This
This is for one thing right next to the speaker.
2. A visitor points across the hall. _____ statue is from Ancient Greece, she says.
Answer: That
That is for one thing far from the speaker.
3. The guide opens a small case beside her. _____ coins are over two thousand years old.
Answer: These
These is for more than one thing nearby.
4. She points to some huge statues far away. _____ statues came from Egypt too.
Answer: Those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
5. A child asks about a vase close to the group. Is _____ vase Roman?
1. phone / this / my / is
Answer: This is my phone.
This comes first, then is, then my phone.
2. car / that / your / is
Answer: That is your car.
That comes first, then is, then your car.
3. friends / these / my / are
Answer: These are my friends.
These comes first, then are, then my friends.
4. those / birds / are / big
Answer: Those birds are big.
Those comes before the plural noun birds.
5. book / this / interesting / is
Answer: This book is interesting.
This comes before the singular noun book.
6. shoes / dirty / those / are
Answer: Those shoes are dirty.
1. How much are ___ shoes, here on the shelf?
Answer: these
These is for more than one thing nearby.
2. ___ are twenty dollars.
Answer: These
These matches the plural shoes nearby.
3. And what about ___ bag, over there?
Answer: that
That is for one thing far away.
4. ___ is forty dollars.
1. near, one: a book
Answer: This is a book., This is a book
Near and one thing takes this.
2. far, one: a mountain
Answer: That is a mountain., That is a mountain
Far and one thing takes that.
3. near, many: some keys
Answer: These are some keys., These are some keys
Near and more than one thing takes these.
4. far, many: some birds
Answer: Those are some birds., Those are some birds
Far and more than one thing takes those.
5. near, one: my bag
Answer: This is my bag., This is my bag
Near and one thing takes this.
6. far, many: some trees
Answer: Those are some trees., Those are some trees
Answer: this
This is for one thing close to the speaker.
6. No, says the guide, but _____ painting on the far wall is Roman.
Answer: that
That is for one thing far from the speaker.
7. She shows some old manuscripts in a case nearby. _____ manuscripts are handwritten.
Answer: These
These is for more than one thing nearby.
8. Far across the room stand several mummies. _____ mummies are thousands of years old.
Answer: Those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
9. The tour ends near a gift shop. _____ shop sells postcards of the museum.
Answer: This
This is for one thing right here.
10. One day, _____ objects will still teach children about history.
Answer: these
These points to the objects here in the museum.
Those comes before the plural noun shoes.
7. coins / old / these / are
Answer: These coins are old.
These comes before the plural noun coins.
8. mine / is / that / not
Answer: That is not mine.
That comes first, then is not, then mine.
9. yours / these / are / ?
Answer: Are these yours?
Are comes first in this question, then these.
10. far / those / mountains / are
Answer: Those mountains are far.
Those comes before the plural noun mountains.
Answer: That
That matches the singular bag far away.
5. I like ___ colour, this red one.
Answer: this
This is for one thing close to the speaker.
6. ___ is a popular colour this year.
Answer: This
This matches the singular colour being shown now.
7. Do you have ___ jackets in a smaller size, on the rack there?
Answer: those
Those is for more than one thing far away.
8. ___ jackets only come in one size, sorry.
Answer: Those
Those matches the plural jackets far away.
9. OK. I'll take ___ shoes, then.
Answer: these
These matches the plural shoes nearby.
10. Great choice! ___ are very popular.
Answer: These
These matches the plural shoes just chosen.
Far and more than one thing takes those.
7. near, many: our friends
Answer: These are our friends., These are our friends
Near and more than one thing takes these.
8. far, one: your car
Answer: That is your car., That is your car
Far and one thing takes that.
9. near, one: a good idea
Answer: This is a good idea., This is a good idea
Near and one thing takes this.
10. far, many: some clouds
Answer: Those are some clouds., Those are some clouds
Far and more than one thing takes those.
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