In the English Grammar Profile, A2 points 16 & 17 in the category of DETERMINERS/demonstratives is about the use of
‘these’ and ‘those’ with plural nouns.
We did an iWeb search for:
these|those _NN2
1 THESE THINGS 291847
Collocates of ‘these things‘ in the MOVIE corpus:
1 HAPPEN 483
These things happen. Don’t worry about it.
2 SOMETIMES 93
3 HATE 66
4 NONE 46
5 HAPPENING 41
2 THOSE THINGS 157643
3 THESE TERMS 141602
4 THESE GUYS 121511
5 THESE TYPES 109413
6 THESE ISSUES 102295
7 THESE QUESTIONS 96723
8 THESE CHANGES 91304
9 THESE PRODUCTS 83548
10 THESE AREAS 82688
11 THESE ITEMS 75154
12 THESE CASES 67622
13 THESE STEPS 67448
14 THESE PROBLEMS 63589
15 THESE WORDS 60203
16 THESE EVENTS 59442
17 THESE PROGRAMS 58049
18 THESE SERVICES 55026
19 THESE CONDITIONS 54884
20 THESE COMPANIES 54671
21 THESE TIPS 52304
22 THESE FACTORS 52225
23 THESE RESULTS 50066
24 THESE KINDS 48608
25 THESE FEATURES 47652
26 THESE TOOLS 46555
27 THESE NUMBERS 45169
28 THESE RULES 45166
29 THOSE GUYS 44934
30 THESE MEN 44701
31 THESE DEVICES 42704
32 THESE OPTIONS 41378
33 THESE IDEAS 41215
34 THESE SYSTEMS 39789
35 THESE SITES 38059
36 THESE ACTIVITIES 37390
37 THESE WOMEN 36581
38 THOSE AREAS 35890
Those areas have been drilled.
39 THESE SYMPTOMS 35617
40 THESE GROUPS 34728
41 THESE INDIVIDUALS 34723
42 THESE METHODS 34151
43 THESE BOOKS 33860
44 THESE FINDINGS 33795
45 THESE IMAGES 33420
46 THESE STUDENTS 32776
47 THESE GAMES 32394
48 THESE CHILDREN 32172
49 THESE FILES 31851
50 THESE SITUATIONS 31206
A2 plural nous in the above:
activities, areas, cases, companies, files, guys, ideas, programs, sites, terms, types
51 THESE KIDS 31132
These kids deserve an education, don’t you agree?
52 THESE SKILLS 30501
53 THESE TESTS 30352
54 THOSE NUMBERS 30350
55 THESE STORIES 29998
56 THESE PATIENTS 29948
57 THESE ELEMENTS 29839
58 THESE VALUES 29730
59 THOSE WORDS 29009
60 THESE STUDIES 28577
61 THESE REASONS 28329
62 THESE PROJECTS 28103
63 THESE PAGES 27749
64 THESE DRUGS 27631
65 THESE COUNTRIES 27256
66 THESE ANIMALS 26843
67 THESE FIGURES 26634
68 THESE PLACES 26599
69 THESE PHOTOS 26497
70 THOSE CASES 26381
71 THESE MATERIALS 26012
72 THESE PARTS 25950
73 THESE DOCUMENTS 25939
74 THESE REQUIREMENTS 25904
75 THOSE STUDENTS 25461
76 THESE COURSES 25065
77 THESE CIRCUMSTANCES 24927
78 THESE CHALLENGES 24731
79 THESE RESOURCES 24321
80 THESE LINES 24101
81 THESE GUIDELINES 24065
82 THESE SHOES 24030
83 THESE TECHNIQUES 23517
84 THESE CHARACTERS 23401
85 THESE POINTS 23287
86 THOSE QUESTIONS 23090
87 THESE EFFORTS 22725
88 THESE CARDS 22605
89 THESE BENEFITS 22507
90 THESE SETTINGS 22449
91 THESE INSTRUCTIONS 22379
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
Building a treehouse is easy when you keep in mind these instructions.
Korean Female level 4 writing class
92 THOSE GAMES 22173
93 THOSE CHANGES 22143
94 THESE PICTURES 21954
95 THOSE ITEMS 21897
96 THESE GOALS 21531
97 THESE UNITS 21443
98 THESE PIECES 21313
99 THESE MODELS 20805
100 THOSE INDIVIDUALS 20675