2015-11-20 Grammar: this/that/it

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: exercise 7
1 the
2 a
3 A (or Some, informally)
4 the
5 a / some / [nothing]
6 the
7 some / [nothing]
8 a
9 a The (Dora works at just one bank)
  b a (“the masked man” would mean we already both have an idea of The Masked Man, like that’s the nickname of a famous bank robber)
  c a
  d a
  e the
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A man robbed the bank and then a man disappeared. = 2 different men
A man robbed the bank and then the man disappeared. = the robber disappeared
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This, That, It

p. 333 - Read the first part of the dialogue and identify what each bolded pronoun refers to. Then add “this”, “that”, and “it” to the blanks in the second part of the dialogue.

I’m getting tired of it, Peter. / I’m getting tired of this, Peter.
It is all I can do to… (this is an idiom, meaning “I’m working very hard to …”)
Just ask for it, Denise. That/It is all you have to do.
That’s not the point.
It’s true that most of us… (typical beginning: It is + adjective + noun clause.)
That’s true.
It’s not easy. / That’s not easy.
Don’t give me that nonsense.
I don’t appreciate it.
That’s your trouble
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Homework: read 334 and 335 and do p. 335 exercise 1