Identify the word in bold type. this is the dog i was telling you about.
demonstrative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
interrogative pronoun
relative pronoun
not a pronoun
"this" is the word in bold

Demonstrative pronoun

Explanation:

To answer this question, let's find out what demonstrative pronoun means.

The demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that points towards the noun it replaces, indicating it in time, space, and distance. A list of demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those. They can serve as a subject, direct or indirect object, an object of a preposition, prepositional complement, and object complement within a sentence, usually describing places, things, animals, and people. Representing a thing or things, demonstrative pronouns can be: near or far in distance or time.

Near in time or distance: this, these

Far in time or distance: that, those.

As for our sentence:

This is the dog I was telling you about.

In this sentence, the cat is likely in very close proximity to the speaker. Perhaps the speaker is pointing to a cat to someone. So, this is a demonstrative pronoun.

I hope it helped you :)

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