DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

BY: CLAUDIA PISCONTI

 This / That These / Those
Singular Plurals
For singular nouns that are close For plural nouns that are close

This cellphone These cellphones

For singular nouns that aren’t close For plural nouns that aren’t close

That dress Those dresses

 Regular plural nouns
Rule Examples
Camera Cameras
We add “–s” to most nouns
House Houses
Nouns ending in consonant + Y.
Party Parties
Drop –y and change it for –i.
City Cities
Then add “–es”
Nouns ending in vowel + Y. Boy Boys
We add “-s” Toy Toys
Bus Buses
Nouns ending in “-s”, “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x”. Glass Glasses
Brush Brushes
We add “-es” Watch Watches
Box Boxes
Nouns ending in –f or –fe. Knife Knives
Change -f or -fe for “-ves” Wolf Wolves
Nouns ending in –ff. We add -s Puff Puffs
Nouns ending in consonant + O. Add -es Tomato Tomatoes Excep
Nouns ending in vowel + O. Add -s Studio Studios  pianos /
 Some Irregular plural nouns
Singular and plural are Plural changes
the same
Singular Plural
Singular Plural Man Men
Fish Fish Woman Women
Child Children
Deer Deer
Person People
Sheep Sheep Tooth Teeth
Ice Ice Foot Feet
Mouse Mice
Goose Geese
Ox Oxen
 Write the plural form of these nouns
1. Dress - dresses 11. Wallet - wallets
2. Child - Children 12. Bus - buses
3. Street - streets 13. Sunglass - sunglasses
4. Adress - adresses 14. Doctor - doctors
5. Rocket - rockets 15. Inch - inches
6. Box - boxes 16. Mouse - mice
7. Class - classes 17. Church - churches
8. Patch - patches 18. Sheep - sheep
9. Deer - deer 19. Flash - flashes
10. Bridge - bridges 20. Ox - oxen
COMPLETE USING THIS/THAT OR THESE/THOSE
Complete with this /
that or these/those
Read the sentences and choose the right option