122 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammar
- My mom wants to buy [ a sports car.
- Please put your backpack on [ the kitchen table.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art is [ a huge museum.
- [ The closest parks are across town.
- Jeff went shopping for [ a baseball mitt.
- Many of my friends have [ an interest in astronomy.
Exercise 2 Draw a line under the demonstrative in parentheses that best completes
each sentence. Write P in the blank if it is a pronoun or A if it is an adjective.
P (That, These) is the biggest pumpkin I’ve ever seen!
A 1. (This, Those) baby’s skin is as smooth as silk.
A 2. Miriam told (those, that) same joke yesterday.
A 3. (Those, That) elephants are sleeping in the shade of the tree.
P 4. (This, These) takes two solid hours to complete.
P 5. Is (those, this) your favorite song?
A 6. (That, Those) icicles look like long, jagged teeth.
P 7. (This, Those) is the worst I have seen!
A 8. (This, These) ants are busy at work.
P 9. (That, These) are the best days of our lives.
A 10. I have climbed (those, that) tree a hundred times.
A 11. The pilot calmly steered us through (that, these) big cloud.
P 12. (This, Those) makes a high, piercing noise.
A 13. Her eyes shining, the little girl pointed to (those, that) piece of candy.
P 14. May I buy five of (that, those), please?
A 15. (Those, That) students want to transfer to our school.
P 16. (Those, That) sounds like an interesting movie.
P 17. (This, These) is what we bought for Dad.
P 18. Liam, take (this, these) and put it over there.