Step 3: This and That
Pointing at things — Demonstratives; a / an
📖 Read — In the Classroom
This is my book. It is on my desk. That is your pen, over there. These are my pencils, and those are your pencils. The teacher says, "Open your books, please." I like this classroom. It is big and clean. This is my school bag. It is blue.
🧩 Grammar — This / that / these / those + a, an
This = near, one thing. That = far, one thing. These = near, many things. Those = far, many things. Use a before consonant sounds and an before vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u).
- This is my book.
- That is your pen.
- These are my pencils.
- It is an old desk.
🏗️ Key structures
- This is my + thing — This is my bag.
- That is your + thing — That is your chair.
- What is this? — It is a/an… — What is this? — It is a phone.
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
— What are you doing? — Oh, this and that.
🔤 New words
pages you read
Open your book, please.
you write with it (with ink)
This is my pen.
a table for work or study
The book is on my desk.
you sit on it
That is your chair.
you carry things in it
My bag is blue.
you open it to enter a room
Close the door, please.
glass part of a wall; you see outside
Open the window.
you call and message with it
It is a new phone.
🎧 Say it with me
This is my book, and that is your pen.
🎤 Your turn to speak
Look around you. Say 4 sentences: 'This is my…' and 'That is a…'
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write 3 sentences about things in your bag.
See a model answer
This is my book. I have a pen and a phone in my bag. My bag is black.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
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