"This and that" - can you use the right word?

Kevin and Joanne go to Sarah's party. Sarah's husband is standing next to her. What does Sarah say?
1. This is my husband, Tom
2. That is my husband, Tom
3. I have never met this man before.
You have flu and have gone to bed. Your iPod is on a table on the other side of the room. You ask your mother to get it for you. What do you say?
1. Please get me this iPod.
2. Please could you get me that?
3. Please leave my iPod on the table.
Your grandmother is teling you about her childhood. What does she say?
1. In this time...
2. In those days....
3. These days...
Joanne wears her new jeans to a party. "I like these!" she says. Why does she say "these"?
1. Because the jeans are too tight.
2. "Jeans" is plural in English, and she says "these jeans" because they are close to her - she is wearing them!
3. She is talking lazily. She should really say "I like these jeans", but she has left out the word "jeans".
Find this sentence in the podcast - "This is not something that fills Kevin with joy and enthusiasm." What does"this" refer to?
1. Kevin's football team have been knocked out of the football cup competition
2. new clothes
3. going shopping with Joanne.
Back to Sarah's party. Two boys are playing in the next room. Sarah points to them and says:
1. those are my children
2. that is my children
3. these are my children
When Joanne tries on the high-heeled shoes, Kevin asks "Can you walk in those?" Why does he say "those"
1. Because the shoes are not close to him (he is not wearing them), and "shoes" is plural.
2. He does not want Joanne to buy the shoes.
3. He thinks that the Joanne will fall over and hurt herself if she wears the shoes.
In the Nancy Sinatra song, why does she talk about "these boots" and not "those boots"?
1. Because "boots" is a plural word.
2. Because she is going to walk in the boots.
3. Because she is wearing the boots.
"One of these days..." What does that mean? When will Nancy Sinatra's boots walk all over you?
1. Some day soon
2. Tomorrow.
3. A long time in the future eg a year.
Today is Monday. Kevin and Joanne are going shopping this Saturday. When is "this Saturday"?
1. Saturday next week (ie in 12 days time)
2. Saturday this week (ie in 5 days time).
3. last Saturday (ie 2 days ago).

"This and that" - can you use the right word?

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