Demonstrative adjectives are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space. A demonstrative adjective comes before all other adjectives in the noun phrase. Some common demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these, and those.

What is demonstrative adjective and example?

A demonstrative adjective is a special adjective (often called a determiner) that identifies a noun or pronoun by expressing its position as near or far (including in time). ... A demonstrative adjective always comes first in the noun phase. (e.g., "this big dog", "that ugly one in the corner").

What is an example of a demonstrative adjective in a sentence?

Examples of Demonstrative Adjectives

Do those dogs live here? ("Those dogs" are far away from the speaker.) Yes, these dogs live here. ("These dogs" are close to the speaker.)