2021 · Q97
Each of the following sentences has a word or phrase Bold. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the Bold word is. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**This** is my book.
EnglishWord Classes
- ADemonstrative Adjective
- BDemonstrative Pronoun
- CAdverb
- DNoun
Explanation
In 'This is my book', 'This' stands alone as the subject of the sentence, replacing a noun phrase — that is the role of a demonstrative pronoun. It would be a demonstrative adjective only if it modified a noun directly, as in 'this book'. The stored key (a) is therefore wrong and is corrected to (b) Demonstrative Pronoun.