adjectives.

__________________________
Example: This is my d) That isn´t my pen
Example: John´s pen. This pen is __________________________
knee hurts. His knee mine.
hurts.
a) Is that your
a) My parents´ pencil?
friend is ________________
worried. _______________
____________ b) These are your
__________ books.
b) Mary´s father ________________
speaks _____________
Russian. c) That is her bike.
mine.
____________ ________________
yours.
__________ ________________
his.
c) Tim´s cousins go _
hers.
to my school. d) This is my ring.
The pen is
____________
We use a ________________
its.
_________
possessive ________________
ours.
d)
adjective
Jim and before
Sam´s a __
yours.
nounfavourite team
to say who theirs.
is Benfica.
the noun belongs
to ____________
_
Example:
Where is your
pencil?
My We use a
Your  Possessive possessive pronoun  The possessive
His adjectives without a noun, pronoun
Her pen. always when the noun is substitutes
Its agree with understood. the
Our the possessive
Your possessor. Example: adjective +
POS Their E.g.: My the noun.
PO
SES house is big. Is this Mark´s pen? E.g.: These
SS
SIV  The third person are (my books)
ES
E singular No, it´s mine- (= mine.
SI
ADJ distinguish my pen.)  The structure
VE
ECT masculine, noun + of
PR
IVE feminine mine /
ON
S and neutral. yours, etc.,
OU
E.g.: His NS is used with
mother is a the meaning
doctor; Her father of`” one
is a teacher; This among
tree is big but its others”
leaves are small. E.g.: Mary is
 Common errors: friend of ours.
It´s instead  Common error:
of its. It´s That book is
eyes are my.
yellow.
The use of
your when we
mean his or her.
 _________________________ possessive words with
b) It´s her bag . sentences using underlined
_________________________ 2. Rewrite the 1. Substitute the
a) This isn´t our car.

This isn´t my book. The book isn´t mine.

Example:

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
3. Complete as the example:.

No, _____________( you)

My d) Is this our ball? We use a possessive adjective before a noun to say who the
Your No, _____________ ( they) noun belongs to
c) Is that your pencil?
His
No, _____________(she)
Her b)pen. Is this my rubber? Example:
Its No, ____________ (I)
Our Where is your pencil?
a) Is that Mark´s dog?

Your the personal pronoun in brackets.

Their possessive pronoun that corresponds to
4. Answer the questions, using the
 Possessive adjectives always agree with the possessor.
E.g.: My house is big.
 The third person singular distinguish masculine, feminine and neutral.
E.g.: His mother is a doctor; Her father is a teacher; This tree is big but its leaves are small.
 Common errors: It´s instead of its. It´s eyes are yellow.
The use of your when we mean his or her.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

We use a possessive pronoun without a noun, when the mine.

noun is understood. yours.
his.
Example: hers.
The pen is its.
Is this Mark´s pen? ours.
yours.
No, it´s mine- (= my pen.) theirs.

 The possessive pronoun substitutes the possessive adjective + the noun.

E.g.: These are (my books) mine.

 The structure noun + of mine / yours, etc., is used with the meaning of`” one among others”

E.g.: Mary is friend of ours.

 Common error: That book is my.

1. Substitute the underlined words with possessive adjectives.

Example: John´s knee hurts. His knee hurts.

a) My parents´ friend is worried. ______________________

b) Mary´s father speaks Russian. ______________________
c) Tim´s cousins go to my school. _____________________
d) Jim and Sam´s favourite team is Benfica. _____________

2. Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.

Example: This is my pen. This pen is mine.

a) Is that your pencil? _______________________________

b) These are your books. _____________________________
c) That is her bike. _________________________________
d) This is my ring. __________________________________

3. Complete as the example: .

4. Answer the questions, using the

possessive pronoun that corresponds to the

Example:
personal pronoun in brackets.
This isn´t my book. The book isn´t mine.

a) Is that Mark´s dog?

a) This isn´t our car. __________________________
b) It´s her bag. No, ____________ (I)
__________________________
b) Is this my rubber?
c) It´s my father's newspaper.
No, _____________(she)
__________________________
d) That isn´t my pen __________________________ c) Is that your pencil?

No, _____________ ( they)

d) Is this our ball?

No, _____________( you)