|EXPRESSING POSSESSION

In English we have different ways to express possession.

We can use:

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
VERBS:
 HAVE GOT / HAVE
 OWN
 BELONG
GENITIVE CASE / POSSESSIVE ‘S
OF

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

PERSONAL PRONOUN POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

I MY MINE
YOU YOUR YOURS
HE HIS HIS
SHE HER HERS
IT ITS
WE OUR OURS
THEY THEIR THEIRS
They go BEFORE a noun. They replace the Noun.
They are ALWAYS followed by a Usually, they are at the end of
noun. the sentence.

Possessive Adjectives:

e. g. This is my pencil and that is your pencil.

Our house is small but their house is enormous.

Possessive Pronouns:

e.g. This pencil is mine and that is yours.

Our house is small but theirs is enormous.

 VERBS:

HAVE GOT (British English)

PERSONAL PRONOUN AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Yes / No Wh-word
question question
I HAVE GOT / HAVE NOT GOT/ HAVE I GOT…? What HAVE I
‘ve got haven’t got GOT…?
YOU HAVE GOT / HAVE NOT GOT/ HAVE you When HAVE you
‘ve got haven’t got GOT…? GOT…?
HE HAS GOT / HAS NOT GOT/ HAS he GOT…? Where HAS he
‘s got hasn’t got GOT…?
SHE HAS GOT / HAS NOT GOT/ HAS she GOT…? What HAS she
‘s got hasn’t got GOT …?
IT HAS GOT / HAS NOT GOT/ HAS it GOT…? Where HAS it
‘s got Hasn’t got GOT…?
WE HAVE GOT / HAVE NOT GOT/ HAVE we GOT…? When HAVE we
‘ve got Haven’t got GOT…?
THEY HAVE GOT / HAVE NOT GOT / HAVE they Where HAVE they
‘ve got Haven’t got GOT…? GOT…?

HAVE (American)

PERSONAL AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

PRONOUN Yes / No Question Wh-word
Question
I HAVE / ‘ve DO NOT have / DO I HAVE…? What DO I
DON’T have HAVE…?
YOU HAVE / ‘ve DO NOT have / DO you HAVE…? When DO you
DON’T have HAVE…?
HE HAS / ‘s DOES NOT have / DOES he HAVE…? Where DOES he
DOESN’T have HAVE…?
SHE HAS / ‘s DOES NOT have / DOES she HAVE…? What DOES she
DOESN’T have HAVE…?
IT HAS / ‘s DOES NOT have / DOES it HAVE…? What DOES it
DOESN’T have HAVE…?
WE HAVE / ‘ve DO NOT have / DO we HAVE…? Where DO we
DON’T have HAVE…?
THEY HAVE / ‘ve DO NOT have / DO they HAVE…? When DO they
DON’T have HAVE…?
e.g. British English American English

I have got a cat. I have a cat.

He hasn’t got any siblings. He doesn’t have any siblings.

Have your parents got a car? Do your parents have a car?

Yes, they have. / Yes, they have got a car. Yes, they do. / Yes, they have a car.

No, they haven’t. / No, they haven’t got a car. No, they don’t. / No, they don’t have a car.

What has she got in her bag? What does she have in her bag

She has got her purse, her phone and her sunglasses. She has her purse, her phone and her sunglasses.

OWN: Ser dueño de / poseer. ( el verbo va antes del objeto del que somos dueños)

BELONG: Pertenecer (el verbo va después del objeto del que somos dueños)

e.g.

I own this pencil. This pencil belongs to me.

Tom owns a blue car. The blue car belongs to Tom.

Do you own that house? Does that house belong to you?

Yes, I do. / Yes, I own that house. Yes, it does./ Yes, that house belongs to me.

No, I don’t. No, I don’t own that house. No, it doesn’t./ No, that house doesn’t belong to me.

GENITIVE CASE / POSSESSIVE ‘S

We use ‘s to show ownership.

We add ‘s to names, singular nouns and plural irregular nouns.

e.g. kate’s bag is wonderful.

The boy’s t-shirt is new.

The children’s game is interesting.

 We add ‘ to plural regular nouns and to words and names ending in s.

e.g. The girls’ books are on the table.

Charles’ homework is easy.

My parents’ room is very comfortable.

When we talk about 2 or more people we add ‘s to the last person to indicate that they share
the same object.

e. g. Paul and Tom’s mother is very nice.

Kate, Sally and Tamy’s room is very comfortable and tidy.

When we talk about 2 or more people we add ‘s to every person to indicate that everyone
owns an object.

e.g. Peter’s and Juan’s mothers are friends.

Kate’s and Laura’s bags are new.

When we are talking about organizations, countries and places we can use either POSSESSIVE
‘S or OF.

e.g. The school’s rules are very strict.

The rules of the school are very strict.

China’s population is enormous.

The population of China is enormous.

When we talk about inanimate objects we generally use OF to show that one thing belongs to
the other.

e.g. The roof of the house is red.

There was snow on the top of the mountain.

I will give you your homework at the end of the lesson.