hi i'm ashley and today we're going to learn to tell the difference between
demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns let's go
demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns are like my friends here shauna and
sheila at first glance they look exactly alike but when you look closer you realize they're different
one day when they were working on grammar shauna and sheila came across the words
this and that in the sentence this song is so much better than that
shauna said this and that are demonstrative adjectives sheila said this and that
are demonstrative pronouns uh oh we'll have to figure out who's correct
first of all let's remember what an adjective is adjectives are words that modify or describe
a noun or sometimes a pronoun and words like green tall squishy and quiet describe
nouns and pronouns but some adjectives modify nouns and ways other than describing them some
adjectives specify whether or not we're talking about a specific noun like the articles a an
some adjectives point out or demonstrate exactly which noun or nouns we're talking about
like the demonstrative adjectives this that these and those hey wait this and that are
demonstrative adjectives does that mean shauna was right before we make our final decision let's
review pronouns pronouns are words that take the place of a noun to refer to a person place thing
or idea words like i you he she and him refer to a person and the pronoun it usually refers to an
object there are many more pronouns including the demonstrative pronouns this that these and those
uh oh did you catch that if this that these and those can be both adjectives and pronouns
how can we ever figure out who's right okay let's first take a look at some sentences
in which these demonstrative words are adjectives i want those shoes these shoes are so old
look at this shoe it's not even the same color as that shoe anymore
each of these sentences contains a demonstrative adjective the words this that these and those
are considered adjectives in these sentences because they are modifying nouns those shoes
these shoes this shoe and that shoe in each of these sentences the demonstrative words
this that these and those are modifying the noun shu or its plural form shoes
but it's not time for shauna to celebrate yet take a look at these sentences i want those
these are so old look at this it's not even the same color as that anymore the nouns have been
removed now the demonstrative words are standing in for the nouns because the nouns aren't there
when the demonstrative words this that these and those are used in place of a noun
instead of in front of a noun they are acting as pronouns
that means to determine if we're looking at a demonstrative adjective or a demonstrative pronoun
we need to see whether the word is modifying a noun or standing in for a noun
if this that these or those is followed by a noun it is a demonstrative adjective if this
that these or those takes the place of a noun it's a demonstrative pronoun let's practice in
the sentence i need that pencil is the word that a demonstrative adjective or a demonstrative pronoun
if you said adjective you are correct the word that is functioning as an
adjective because it's modifying the noun pencil in the sentence
take one of these is the word these a demonstrative adjective or a demonstrative pronoun
the correct answer is pronoun because there's no noun the word these is
standing in for the noun okay last one in the sentence this is easy is the word this
a demonstrative adjective or demonstrative pronoun i think you know it it's a pronoun
now back to shauna and sheila and the sentence this song is so much better than that
who's right is the answer demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns
i think you can see they're both kind of right at least partly the word this is a demonstrative
adjective because it's modifying the noun song the word that is a demonstrative pronoun because
it's taking the place of a noun now you know the words this that these and those can be
either demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns you also know how to tell the difference
if there's a noun being modified the word is an adjective and if there is no noun and
it takes the place of a noun it's a pronoun to tell the difference just remember to see
whether there's a noun being modified or not and remember to always be clever