Question

Complete the sentences: 1)Put ... books into the bag.(this/these) 2)How much is ... dictionary?(that/those) 3)Look at ... beautiful flowers!(that/those) 4)Do you like ... picture?(this/these) 5)Is ... your brother next to the board?(that/those)

Answer 1

 1)Put these books into the bag. (множественное число)
2)How much is that dictionary? (единственное число)
3)Look at those beautiful flowers! (множественное число)
4)Do you like this picture? (единственное число)
5)Is that your brother next to the board? (единственное число)

Answer 2

1) Put these books into the bag. 2) How much is that dictionary? 3) Look at those beautiful flowers! 4) Do you like this picture? 5) Is that your brother next to the board?

In these sentences, we are choosing between the demonstrative pronouns "this" and "that" for singular objects, and "these" and "those" for plural objects. The choice depends on whether the object is near or far from the speaker and the listener.

1) Since "books" is plural, we use "these" to indicate that the books are near the speaker and the listener. 2) We use "that" to refer to a singular object, the dictionary. This implies that the dictionary is not close to the speaker or the listener. 3) "Flowers" is a plural noun, so we use "those" to indicate that the flowers are not close to the speaker or the listener. 4) We use "this" for the singular noun "picture" to indicate that it is near the speaker or the listener. 5) Again, we use "that" to refer to the singular noun "brother" and indicate that he is not close to the speaker or the listener.