THIS THESE THAT THOSE | How to USE and PRONOUNCE in British English

hello everyone and welcome back to english with lucy what a long time so much has happened since I've been away I basically went on a trip and then I got really really ill and I just had to recover I could hardly speak if you follow me on Instagram you will know about that but I'm back today with a really highly requested grammar video 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 the time and on almost every single Instagram post somebody asks me to make at least a video about these and this so hopefully that's going to be really really useful for you before we get started I'd just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it's lingo de with an extra special offer for you lingo des is an online language Academy which employs native qualified teachers to deliver small group classes private classes or a perfect combination of the two I've tried them out myself and I totally 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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 the comments that's it for today's lesson I hope you liked it I hope you enjoyed it if you have any recommendations for future lessons please comment down below I love hearing your recommendations don't forget to check out lingo de the author links are in the description box along with the codes and don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media I've got my facebook I've got my Instagram and I've got my Twitter and I will see you soon for another lesson [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 14min 21sec (861 seconds)

Published: Thu May 24 2018