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How to Use THIS, THAT, and IT Correctly in English

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INDEX
0:00 Intro
0:37 Pre-lesson quiz
1:08 IT as a personal pronoun
1:29 THIS, THAT as demonstrative pronouns
1:52 Pronunciation note and practice: stressed/unstressed vowel sounds
2:40 THIS expressing closeness
3:13 THAT expressing distance
3:36 THIS vs. THAT differences in register and context
4:15 IT as a dummy subject
6:00 IT clefts for emphasis
6:56 More differences between THIS, THAT, IT
7:32 Quiz
9:32 Conversational uses of THIS, THAT, IT
10:39 Quiz

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