4A GRAMMAR possessive adjectives; possessive s

8 Look at the pictu res. Complete the sentences with my,your, his, her, its, our or their.

That's Mrs. Gasparo. __

daughter is in my class.

C!) Complete the sentences with the name and possessives.

1 This is Amelia's husband, Nick. (husband/ Amelia)
2 Look! It's ! Over there! (cat/ Sarah)
3 Rosa is-------. She's in my class. (sister/ Pablo)
4 This is . He's our teacher. (class/ Mr. White}

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C, Write sentences for the pictures. Use an adjective from the list.

big cheap long old slow shaft

The boy is short. 2 The chair 3 The books

4 Ana's last name ___ 5 The watches ___ 6 The car ____

G) Complete the sentences for the pictures. Use an adjective from the list and a noun.

small expensive tall new fast good looking

I He's aBood-lookirl.8 man. 2 They ________ 3 It ________

4 They _ ______ 5 They ________ 6 It ________

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4A COMMUNICATIVE Happy families
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MARIO'S MARIO'S MARIO'S MARIO'S

FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

I SISTER I brother I father I mother sister I BROTHER I father I mother sister I brother I FATHER I mother sister I brother I father I MOTHER
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L ANA'S LANA'S L ANA'S L ANA'S
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

RAY'S RAY'S RAY'S RAY'S

FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

WIFE I brother I sister I son wife I BROTHER I sister I son wife I brother I SISTER I son wife I brother I sister I SON
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GUIDO'S GUIDO'S GUIDO'S GUIDO'S
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

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FATHER I wife I son I mother I
father I WIFE I son I mother father I wife I SON I mother I father I wife / son I MOTHER I
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RYOKO'S RYOKO'S RYOKO'S RYOKO'S

FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

mother I daughter I husband I SON

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Student A

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• Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list.

boy children friends girl man men woman women

I Mr. Costaand Ms. 2 Kimisa _____ 3 Alex is a _____ 4 Megan and Dan
Gasparo are�- are _____

S Mrs. DeSouza is 6 George and Russel 7 Mr. Husson is 8 Jessicaand Helena

a _____ arc _____ a _____ are _____

4A VOCABULARY Family
• Complete the sentences.

I Rita is Bob's wife.

2 Bob is Rita's
3 Rita is Ryan and Brenda's
4 Bob is Ryan and Brenda's
5 Brenda is Rita and Bob's
6 Ryan is Rita and Bob's
7 Brenda is Ryan's
8 Ryan is Brenda's
9 Molly is Ryan's
10 Josh is Brenda"s

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• Find the color words. Then write the words under the things below.

48 VOCABULARY Opposite adjectives puzzle

O Write the opposite of the words on the left in the puzzle.

I small B 0) G
2 old , 'I
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3 slow
4 good f "
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5 expensive r-... r-... I
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6 short L
7 tall 0 I
C, Write the letters in the circles on the lines below.
L______ _
G Make two adjectives with the letters in b. Each adjective has four letters. Complete the sentence.
My car is 11. ___ and s._ ___.

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4A SONG You're the First, the Last, My Everything
O Match the words in circles A and B that have the same sound.

A
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are D 2 you D) B
a way b more

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D star
(d
3 day

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4 IO 5 for die e
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C, 2 28>)) Listen and complete the song with the pairs of rhyming words.

, You're the First, the Last, My Everything

The first, my last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You're my sun, my moon, my guiding 1 .slfil
My kind of wonderful, that's what you 2 ____

I know there's only, only one like 3____

There's no way they could have made '4_____
You're all I'm living 5_____
Your love I'll keep forever 6_____
You're the first, you're the last, my everything
In you I found so many things
A love so new only you could bring
Can't you see it's you
You make me feel this 7____
You're like a fresh morning dew on a brand new 8_____

I see so many ways that 9_____ _

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Can love you till the day I 10
You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream
You're the first, the last, my everything.

I know there's only, only one like you

There's no way they could have made two
Girl, you're my reality
But I'm lost in a dream
You're the first, you're the last, my everything.

G Work with a partner. Try to guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Use the picture to help you.

SONG FACTS
You're the First, the Last, "'1y
Everything was a number 1
hit for singer Barry White in
1974. The song features in
many movies. including the
2012 movie Dark Shadows.
GLOSSARY
guiding star= something that tells you where to go
for evermore= always, never ending
There's no way they could have made= it's impossible that they made
dew = little chop,; of water that you see in the morning on the leaves of plants
brand new = very new

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