Daily Grammar

Lesson 44

Parts of Speech - Adjectives

Do not use the pronounA pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a group of words used as a noun.
Source: Lesson 21
them for the adjectivesAdjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify.
Source: Lesson 31
these or those.

Examples:
Correct: Give me those papers.
Correct: Give me them.
Incorrect: Give me them papers.

 
 
 

Instructions: Choose the correct word (these, those, them) for the blanks in the following sentences.

1. _____ questions are good ones.

These questions are good ones.
- or -
Those questions are good ones.

2. I will show ______ the answers.

I will show them the answers.

3. Are _____ clothes on sale?

Are these clothes on sale?
- or -
Are those clothes on sale?

4. ____ actors and singers at Old Tucson were good.

These actors and singers at Old Tucson were good.
- or -
Those actors and singers at Old Tucson were good.

5. We enjoyed ____ very much.

We enjoyed them very much.

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