possessives: my, your etc ffuls ls r*v rr:*f "

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I *** my This is my coat.
you * *- your That'syour problem.
he ---r his John's visiting his mother.
she **-.r' her Ann looks Iike her brothers.
if --** its The club has its meetings on Tuesdays.
we ---?- our Our friends Joe and Pat are staying with us.
they --*r' their The children hove spent all their money.
who? --'> whose? Whose coat is this?

Possessives don't change for singular and plural.

our friend our friends (Not oarslriends)
Note how we use hrs and her:if a boy or man has something, we use his;if a girl or woman has
something, we use her.
I saw John ond his sister yesterdoy. (NoT ... Jehfr-afrd+er5is+er ...)
Mary and her brother are students. (nor MarfandhisSrother ...)
We often use possessives with parts of the body and clothes.
Phil has broken his arm. (Not Phithas$rokn+heam )
She stood there with her eyes closed and her honds in her pockets

{S Put in the correct possessives.

> Would you like to wash ..4?.+.Y..... hands?
) We're taking ..?.T.{....... holiday in June.
1 Tina's lost ............... keys.
2 Peter says ............... wife is ill.
3 ............... car is that outside?
4 My bank has changed ............... name.
5 l'm going to sell ............... motorbike.
6 My students have got ............... exam next week.
7 Stephen writes to girlfriend every day.
8 Maria lives with father in Portugal.
9 Come in and take coats off.
10 Robert broke............... leg skiing lastwinter.
1 1'What fi lm did you see?''Sorry, l've forgotten ............... name.'
12 Elizabeth did well in ............... exams.

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 --, Who sold what to who? Make sentences.

AMY: car .-+ JAMES: bike 'o' CARLOS: dog ?- SARA: house ..--:*" PAT AND SAM:motorbike .--+*
HARRY: piano .c. ALICE: coat .. .ib. MICHAEL: camera ".-ru HELEN:guitar .+ MARILYN: hair dryer .i
TOM: dictionar!- * AMY

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1 James sold to Carlos. 7
2 Carlos 6
5 9
4 10
5

= =' Look at the picture and complete the text.

> ..*.ry*?... and ..i19I.1.':.:9.?.1:4.Y?.YP. went on holidaywith r ............................ and
2............... in : ............ There's room for six in the van, so Anna invited
4............... togowiththem,butshedidn'task s.......... .,becauseMarkdoesn't
get on with Lucy. Mark asked o but she said no, because she doesn't like Frank. Then
Markasked 7............... buthewasn'tfree.However, 8............. washappytogo
with them, so everything was OK.
2 Mark and Anna's
) Anna > Anna's husband Mark 1 Mark and Anna's son Joe daughter Emma

Mark and Anna's

camper van
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7 Mark's brothgr
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Mark and Anna's
4 Anna's brother 6 Mark's sister
friend Pete
Frank Lou ise

We don't use a/an, the, this or that before possessives.

my car (not theay<a+) fh,s idea oR my idea (Not this-nyidee)
Don't confuse ifs (possessive) and it3 (='it is'or'it has'- see page 301). Compare:
The company had its annual meeting yesterday. lt's losing a lot of money.

ln some answers, both contracted forms (for example /m, don? and full PERSONAL PRONOUNS; POSSESSIVES 189
forms (for exam ple I am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.
 possessives: mine, yours etc ffuvs l.r nriru*.
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DETERMINER PRONOUN DETERMINER PRONOUN

my coat mtne its price

your cor yours our house ours
his choir his their problem theirs
her book hers

We use mine, yours etc without nouns. Compare:

That's not my coat. This is mine. (NoT Therf#e-n+r,ce) /s thot your carT I thought yours was q Ford.
Their garden is much bigger than ours. (NoT . . . eursSerden)
We can use the question word whose with or without nouns.
Whose coat is that? Whose is that coat?

{9 Rewrite the sentences with possessive pronouns.

> That's my newspape ,. ..!gl!:.y!.*?:.............
1 I prefer our house to their house. I prefer our house to ..............
2 Her hair looks better than your hair. Her hair
3 Your hair looks terrible.

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7 My cooking is better than his cooking.
8 ls this bike your bike?

€i$ cnnrvrrvrnR AND vocABULARy: the bathroom

Look at the pictures of David and Natashat bathroom, and use the words in the box
to make sentences with his, hers or theirs. Use a dictionary if necessary.

dressing gown
hair dryer make-up razor shampoo soap toothbrush
toothbrush toothpaste towel washcloth ./ washcloth

..JT9 red washoLath 6

1 The ........... is not theirs. 7
2 8
3
4 10
5 11

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) John's 1
2 John's

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4 John and Mary's

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10 John and Mary's 11 John and Mary's
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lf I were you,

We sometimes use u/ere instead of was after lf. This is usually rather formal.
lf I were taller I would play basketball. lf John were here, he would know what to do.
We often say lf I were you, I would / I'd.,., when we want to give people advice.
lf I were you, I'd get a new car. I wouldn't stand there if I were you.

Write sentences with if lwereyou, using the expressions in the box.

call the police at once fly not sell it join a club see a doctor / take a holiday

2 'l haven't got any friendsj

3 'Shall I take the train to Scotland?'
4 'Somebody has stolen my carl
5 'Otto wants to buy my motorbikel

John Baker has won a lot of money in the lottery. His family and friends are giving him advice.
Look at the pictures and use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

buy a sports car buy a house / give the money away have a big party
put the money in the bank start a business stop work travel round the world

ro H N,s G I R LF R I EN D: .lf
. .I .rl p.rp. a p.*, 1.9*
.r.' a. I .Y.q*:q
1 HIS MOTHER:
2 HIS FATHER:
3 HIS BROTHER:
4 HIS GRANDMOTHER:
5 H15 SISTER:

6 HIS FRIEND JOE:

7 HIS FRIEND STEPHANIE:

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