# Demonstrative Pronouns: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Demonstrative pronouns: This, that, these and those point to things. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Demonstrative pronouns: rules and examples

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Short answer. This, that, these and those point to things. Each other and one another show a shared action. Words like everyone, nobody and something stand for people or things we do not name.

1 . Choose the right word. Sonu and Monu waved at ___ across the road.

This, that, these and those point to things. Each other and one another show a shared action. Words like everyone, nobody and something stand for people or things we do not name.

Near: this, these. Far: that, those. Shared action: each other, one another.

Each other and one another. Use each other or one another when the action goes both ways. Each other is usually for two, and one another for more than two, but both are fine. For ownership write each other's.

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- This, these, that, those . Pick by number and distance. This and that are for one. These and those are for more than one. This and these are near; that and those are far.
- Each other and one another . Use each other or one another when the action goes both ways. Each other is usually for two, and one another for more than two, but both are fine. For ownership write each other's.
- Everyone, nobody, something . Everyone, everybody, nobody, no one, something, nothing, anything and everything take a singular verb, like is or has.
- Each, either, neither . Each means every one taken one by one. Either means one or the other of two. Neither means not one and not the other. Each takes a singular verb.
- Near: this, these. Far: that, those. Shared action: each other, one another.

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