THIS THESE THAT THOSE How to USE and PRONOUNCE in British English
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we’re going to be talking about the
difference between this these that and
those it’s a seriously important lesson
I hear people confuse these words all
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the lesson this that these and those are
demonstrative
we use this that these in those I have
to get good at saying that to point to
people or things this and that are
singular and these and those are plural
this singular and these plural refer to
things that are close to the speaker
much like the word here here this these
on the other hand that and those refer
to things that are further away from the
speaker
much like the word there that those
there so this and these are here that
and those are there this these here that
those there learn that and remember in
your head because at some point you
might need to remember which one is
which before we talk about the ins and
outs the fine details of this that these
and those let’s talk about the
pronunciation of the words and how they
differ from each other because I know so
many students struggle with the
pronunciation especially of this and
these that and those completely
different vowel sound ah that oh those
those shouldn’t be too difficult note
that sometimes people might put a
glottal stop at the end of that now that
is amazing
see that’s naturally how I would say
that is amazing
those make sure you’re ending with a
sound don’t end it with a sound so it’s
not those which is absolutely quite hard
to say it’s those those now this and
these well firstly the vowel sound is
very similar but it is different with
this we have an if it’s a short vowel
sound these we have II it’s a long vowel
sound the mouth shape is the same a II
II we just elongate the vowel sound for
these and then the most important thing
in
my opinion is the phoneme at the end of
the word this these so this has a sound
and these has a sound like with those I
hear a lot of students say lease lease
and I don’t know if they’re trying to
say this or these so make sure this
short F sound ending in an S is this
these long e sound ending in a Zed these
lease is like a combination of the two
it’s not the end of the world but you
might miss communicate a little you
might be referring to multiple things
you’re trying to say these which is a
plural but people will think you’re
trying to say one thing this because
it’s singular so just bear that in mind
and practice a little at home so we use
this that these and those as determiners
for example what’s this book about that
door’s unlocked I really like those
socks we also use them as pronouns this
is lovely
that is a great achievement you can take
these home but what are the rules we use
this and that with singular and
uncountable nouns singular and
uncountable nouns this bread is stale
stale means not fresh and an uncountable
example please pass me that coffee we
use those and these with plural nouns
these shoes are yours those houses are
for sale note we tend to use this with
words describing time and dates for
example this morning I went on a run or
I’m going to Paris this week
we can use that with words describing
time and date but it’s normally about
something that was a long time ago that
you’re remembering or something in the
future that might or might not happen
for example oh yes the summer of 2012
that summer was a great summer it
happened a long time ago or I wonder if
I’ll ever get married that day would be
great just a subtle hint there right
let’s look at pronouns we normally use
this that these and those as pronouns to
refer to things or ideas for example
we’re going for a Sunday roast first and
then for a walk around the village are
you happy with that it means are you
happy with the idea of going for a roast
first and then a walk the whole thing is
an idea at the moment are you happy with
that idea it sounds like a great idea to
me that is my dream Sunday or talking
about music can you turn that down
please
I hate heavy metal or things if I’m
talking about someone’s earrings those
are beautiful those earrings are
beautiful we can also use this that
those and these to refer to people when
we want to identify ourselves or others
or we want to ask the identity of other
people for example this is my brother
George or that’s my mother over there oh
hello is that John this is Lucy speaking
is that John because he’s far away and
this is Lucy because I am right here I’m
close to myself in fact I’m inside
myself where anyway yes so as I said at
the beginning we use this Andes to refer
to things that are here and that and
those to refer to things that are over
there can I use this pen I’ll print this
tomorrow I got these done last week in
San Francisco it’s true it’s amazing
color isn’t it beckoning begonia by
shellac back to english lessons that and
those what’s that over there
pictures we took yesterday we’re amazing
ah Seville that’s my favorite place
however let’s talk now about emotional
distance sometimes there’s not a real
physical distance there’s an emotional
distance this is pretty advanced so if
you can conquer this you can conquer
anything remember this isn’t a 100%
strict rule it it mostly depends on tone
of voice but just so that you understand
it in general we generally use this and
these to refer to things that we feel
positive about to refer to things that
we feel positive about that we are
pleased to be associated with or we
approve of for example I love these new
hats that everyone seems to be wearing I
like the hats I approve of the hats I
use these on a simple woman we use that
and those to create a bit of distance
things that we might disapprove of
things that we don’t like things that we
don’t want to be associated with have
you seen those awful shoes Oh
what did that friend of yours say I
totally like the friend so I’m saying
that friend
now let’s discuss shared knowledge and
new information we sometimes use that
instead of the to refer the listener to
shared knowledge things that we both
know often when we’re explaining
something or we’re telling a story so
this is pretty informal for example you
know that house down the road it’s
getting demolished on Sunday we both
know about the house it’s shared
knowledge so I’m referring to it as that
house down the road I don’t need to
specify which one because my friend will
know what I’m talking about we sometimes
use this instead of a or an to refer to
something important or recent or to
introduce a new thing or person into a
story or conversation for example this
random woman came into my garden last
week if I were to say that random woman
it would mean that we already know who
that random woman is it would be shared
knowledge because it’s this random woman
it’s a new person it’s a new element of
the conversation so that is very
informal that’s language that we use
whilst having
with friends what about formal writing
because I guess a lot of you are doing
exams this will be important for you so
we use that and those informal writing
as substitutes for the one or the ones
for example the best example is that
given in the first paragraph
the best example is the one the example
given in the first paragraph or the most
successful experiments were those
performed in dark conditions the most
successful experiments were the ones the
experiments performed in dark conditions
it does make you sound ever so posh
please note though that we don’t
normally use that to refer to people or
animals it doesn’t sound right have you
seen my cat the one with the orange fur
I wouldn’t say that with the orange fur
we can however use those as a substitute
for people and animals the students did
well in their exams those that got A’s
were presented with a certificate those
referring to the students that was a lot
of information I hope that this that
these and those is a bit clearer to you
if you have to take one thing away from
this lesson I would say it’s the
pronunciation just remember that this
doesn’t exist it’s this or please just
sorting out that last phoneme or it
really will make your speaking a lot
clearer it does take a bit of practice I
do understand that perfectly well
Hispanic speakers I know it’s tough for
you because you don’t have that short
sound in your language so your homework
for today is to write four sentences in
the comment section one with this one
with that one with those one with these
and I encourage you all to look through
everyone’s comments and see if you can
help out with any Corrections I always
try and look at the comment sections
especially when I’ve just uploaded the
video so make sure you’ve clicked the
notification bell because for like an
hour after uploading I will be on my
computer making sure everyone’s happy
making
sure that everyone likes the video
giving you the love hearts giving you
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