How to be answered

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How to be answered

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How to be answered

Which is the best answer to the question "What is this ?" "Which one is it right, "It is a pen or This is a pen"?I insist on teaching as "it is ........",but some friends are teaching as "this is......".I couldnt decide which one completely right is .Thanks and have a nice week !

15 Nov 2011

miss-o

Both are completely right.

15 Nov 2011

yanogator

Since you have the pencil, the student should say "That is a pencil", not "this", or "It is a pencil".

Bruce

15 Nov 2011

Mariethe House

some more information from Wordrefence forum... Never thought how difficult it would be to find an answer for such an easy question Big smile

Here are some more examples to "help"you Rose Smile

Little kid: "What �s that?"
Mom: "It �s a book."

Non-native speaker: "What �s this?"
Teacher: "This is a book."
Non-native speaker: "What are those?"
Teacher: "Those are magazines."

Teenager 1: "What �s that?"
Teenager 2: "A book."
Teenager 1: "I know what a book is, dumbass. What �re you reading."
Teenager 2: "Huckleberry Finn. It �s for class."

15 Nov 2011

martinasvabova