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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 FORM: 'THIS' WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Can use 'this' with uncountable nouns. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THIS' POINTING
Can use 'this' in an increasing range of contexts to refer to places and things from the speaker's or writer's point of view. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: POINTING
Can use 'this' in an increasing range of contexts to refer to places and things from the speaker's or writer's point of view. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THIS', ALREADY MENTIONED
Can use 'this' to refer to something with immediate relevance which has already been mentioned. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 FORM: 'THAT'
Can use 'that' with singular nouns. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THAT', POINTING
Can use 'that' to talk about or point to things which are further away in time and space from the speaker or writer
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THAT', ALREADY MENTIONED
Can use 'that' to refer to something which has already been mentioned. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 FORM: 'THESE'
Can use 'these' with plural nouns. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THESE' POINTING
Can use 'these' to refer to places and things from the speaker's or writer's point of view.
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THESE', ALREADY MENTIONED
Can use 'these' to refer to things with immediate relevance or which have already been mentioned. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 FORM: 'THOSE'
Can use 'those' with plural nouns. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THOSE', ALREADY MENTIONED
Can use 'those' to refer to things which have already been mentioned. ► noun phrases ► pronouns: demonstrative
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DETERMINERS demonstratives A2 USE: 'THOSE' POINTING
Can use 'those' to talk about or point to things which the speaker or writer perceives to be further away in time and space.
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DETERMINERS demonstratives B1 USE: 'THIS', PAST
Can use 'this' with time and date words to refer to the past.
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DETERMINERS demonstratives C2 USE: 'THIS', IN NARRATIVES
Can use 'this' with nouns and noun phrases in a narrative to create a sense of immediacy.
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DETERMINERS demonstratives C2 FORM/USE: 'THIS' WITH NOUN AND POSSESSIVE
Can use 'this' + noun + 'of' + possessive pronoun to highlight something, often in a positive way.
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DETERMINERS demonstratives C2 USE: EMOTIONAL DISTANCE
Can use 'that' and 'those' to convey emotional distance, often to express disapproval.
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DETERMINERS possessives A1 FORM: WITH NOUNS
Can use possessive determiners 'my', 'your', 'his', 'her' and 'our' before nouns. ► noun phrases ► possessive pronouns
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DETERMINERS possessives A2 FORM: SINGULAR NOUN +''S'
Can use ''s' after singular or proper nouns to indicate possession.
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DETERMINERS possessives A2 FORM: WITH QUANTIFYING DETERMINERS + 'OF'
Can use quantifying determiners + possessive determiners + 'of' + noun. ► noun phrases
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