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possessive adjectives. Example: Johns knee hurts. His knee hurts. a)My parents friend is worried.

d. _______________ _______ b)Marys father speaks Russian. _______________ _______ c)Tims cousins go to my school. _______________ ______ d)Jim and Sams We use a favourite possessive team is adjective before Benfica. a noun to say the noun who_____________ belongs to Example: Where is your pencil?
My Your His Her pen. Its Our Your Their

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. _____________________ _____________

c)Its my father's newspaper. __________________________ d)That isnt my pen __________________________

mine. yours. his. hers. The pen is its. ours. yours. theirs.

We use a possessive pronoun without a noun, when the noun is understood. Example: Is this Marks pen? No, its mine- (= my pen.)

PO SSE SSI VE ADJ ECT IVE S

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: Its instead of its. Its eyes are yellow. The use of your when we mean his or her.

P OS SE SS IV E PR O N O U NS

The possessive pronoun substitute s 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.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

My Your His Her Its Our Your

We use a possessive adjective before a noun to say who the noun belongs to Example: Where is your pencil?

pen.

Their

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: Its instead of its. Its 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 noun is understood. Example: Is this Marks pen? No, its mine- (= my pen.) 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. The pen is its. ours. yours. theirs. mine. yours. his. hers.

1.Substitute the underlined

3. Complete as the example:. Example: This isnt my book. The book isnt mine. a)This isnt our car. _________________________ b)Its her bag . 4. Answer the questions, using the that pronoun possessive personal the to corresponds pronoun in brackets. a)Is that Marks dog? No, ____________ (I) Is this my rubber? b) No, _____________(she) c) Is that your pencil? No, _____________ ( they) d) Is this our ball? No, _____________( you)

1.Substitute the underlined words with possessive adjectives. Example: Johns knee hurts. His knee hurts. a)My parents friend is worried. ______________________ b)Marys father speaks Russian. ______________________ c)Tims cousins go to my school. _____________________ d)Jim and Sams 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. __________________________________

4. Answer the questions, using the 3. Complete as the example: . Example: This isnt my book. The book isnt mine. a)This isnt our car. __________________________ b)Its her bag. __________________________ c)Its my father's newspaper. __________________________ d)That isnt my pen __________________________ b) possessive pronoun that corresponds to the personal pronoun in brackets. a)Is that Marks dog? No, ____________ (I) Is this my rubber? No, _____________(she) c) Is that your pencil? No, _____________ ( they) d) Is this our ball? No, _____________( you)

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