CAMBRIDGE PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST - DEMONSTRATIVES

We use THIS (SINGULAR) (1) to talk about things or people near us, (2) to introduce people, (3) to begin a conversation on the telephone, (4) to refer to the present time:

(1) Look at this dog over here.
(2) John, this is Jim. Hi, nice to meet you.
(3) Hello, this is David speaking.
(4) I saw him this morning.

We use THESE (PLURAL) to talk about things or people near us:

Come here! These rings are beautiful.

1) that
2) this
3) this
4) those
5) these

6) that
7) these
8) that
9) those
10) this

PET Grammar - Demonstratives