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7. My card has expired. Can I borrow ___________?
8. All the toys were ___________.

9. We met Mr and Mrs Sharma last night. This house is ___________.
10. Shall we watch the match at their house or ___________?

Let’s Learn Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to identify nouns that may be far or near in distance or
time. There are only four demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, and those.
Look at the sentences below. The highlighted words are demonstrative pronouns.

This is my bag. These are grapes.
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That is a lion. Those are birds.
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We use this (singular) and these (plural) as pronouns to talk about people or things near us.
For example:

This is a lovely picture. Whose books are these?
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These are my friends Bella and Bunty.
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We use that and those to talk about things that are far from us. For example:
That is the Pole Star in the eastern sky.
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Those were delicious chocolates.
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Practice Time 3

Fill in the blanks with suitable demonstrative pronouns.
1. ___________ looks like the car I used to drive.
2. You’ll have to get your own pen. ___________ is mine.

3. Please give me one of ___________.
4. Is ___________ your dress?
5. ___________ is the gift I bought for Aleena.
6. ___________ sounds like an aeroplane.
7. Look at my book collection! I have to buy a new bookshelf to keep ___________.

8. These fabrics are of good quality, but ___________ are bad.

Let’s Learn Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used for asking questions.

We use who and whom to ask questions about people.
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We use whose to ask about possession.
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We use what to ask questions about things.
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We use which to ask someone to choose something.
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Who, what, and which are used as subjects. For example:

Who taught her English? What is her name?
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Which of the two is your book?
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