Hi QiWei: ¿Qué pastel prefieres?, este o aquel?.......ese or este? En aquella época vivíamos mejor...... esta esa or aquella? ¿Aquellas manzanas están? c) allí Hope this helps!

Hi! ¿Qué pastel prefieres?, _______ o aquel?.......ese or este? I would say, it depends on the context: let's say you have a cake on your hand. Thus, you would think about it as very close to you and therefore you would say "este". If you have two cakes at different distances but still you can't reach them with your hands, you would say maybe "ese". So in my opinion, both are correct. En ________ época vivíamos mejor...... esta esa or aquella? "En aquella época vivíamos mejor." "En esa época vivíamos mejor" is correct too, but I've heard the first one much more often. With "esta" the sentence doesn't make sense. ¿Aquellas manzanas están? c) allí Definitely. Este coche está aquí; ese coche está ahí; aquel coche está allí.