LESSON 5th!

POSSESSIV
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 Possessive adejectives (Adjetivos
Posesivos)
Los adjetivos posesivos en inglés son los que nos ayudan
a expresar de quién es algo o a quién pertenece esto o
aquello.

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 Examples
• “My car is the red one”.
• “I’m using your new cellphone”
• “I stole his girlfriend in Highschool times”
• “She brook her arm”.
• “I live in Colombia. Its capital city is Bogota”
• “It is our responsibility to keep you safe”
• I have two brothers. Their names are Julio and
Raul.

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 Let’s practice

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1)1) Escoge
Escogeelel
adjetivo posesivo
adjetivo que
posesivo corresponda
que enen
corresponda cada frase.
cada frase.

  I live
I liveininParis.
Paris. However,
However, _my_
_____ friends
friends live in in
live Madrid.
Madrid.
  Maria
Maria andand Nacho
Nacho live next
live next totothey
_____ parents.
parents.
  My My friends
friends andandI share
I share aahouse.
house.Our ____househouse is beautiful.
is beautiful.
  I have
I have aa dog.Its namename
dog. ____ is Taco.
is Taco.
  My gloves
____ glovesare are
made madeof leather.
of leather.I bought
I boughtthem in Turkey.
them in Turkey.
  I love
I love my my grandma.
grandma.Her name
____ name is Kate.
is Kate.
  Max,
Max, this
thisis is
your
_____newnewbedroom.
bedroom.
  SheShe will bebe
will our partner
____ in the
partner school
in the schooldance.
dance.
  I like
I likeyour
____ jacket. Where
jacket. Where diddidyou you buy
buy it?it?
  These
These areare his books.
___ books. HeHe tooktookthemthem fromfrom thethe
library.
library.

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 our

your

your

her

Their

his

My

its

their

their
Llena en las casillas el adjetivo posesivo correcto.
1. My
2. Her
3. Their
4. Your
5. Our
6. Its
7. Her
8. Their
9. His
10. its
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Possessive
pronouns
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SUBJECT POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE
PRONOUN ADJECTIVES PRONOUNS
 Examples

• This phone is mine. That one is yours. (Este teléfono es

mío. Ese es tuyo).
• This ticket is hers. (Este ticket es suyo).
• The house at the top of the hill is ours. (La casa encima de
la colina es nuestra).
• This laptop is his. He left it in class (Este laptop es suya, la
dejó en clase).
• The TV isn’t yours. It’s theirs. (La televisión no es tuya. Es
de ellos)

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Nota: Ambos expresan una posesión, los pronombres posesivos
sustituyen al sujeto, mientras que los adjetivos posesivos lo
describen.
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 Let’s do it!
1. _My__
___ sister
sister
is great.
is great.
_______
_her_ name is Paula
2. Paul is really excited. _______
_his____ birthday
birthday isis really
reallysoon!
soon!
3. ___ husband
_My__ husbandandand
I bought
I bought
a house.
a house.
It’sIt’s
goinggoing
to be
to ______
be
third one we third
__ours____ live in.one we live in.
4. My cousins love cats. _______
Theirs parents
parents
love
love
cats cats
too,too,
andand
they
they have
have a lot of
a lot
them.
of them.
5. Maria is going to England to visit ______
__hers__ bestbestfriend.
friend.
6. I hate it when ___ _my__ sister
sister
takes
takes
my my
clothes
clotheswithout
withoutmy my
permission. They are ______!
__mine_!
7. Fatima and Wendy miss _______ __Theirs__ parents
parentsso so
much,
much,they
they
live
across
live across
the the
country
country
and and
theythey
don’tdon’t
see each
see each
other other
much.
much.
Full the white spaces with the correct possessive
pronoun! their
1. They love _________ presents.
your
2. Give me ___________keys.
ours
3. The house is _________.
yours
4. Whose car is that? Is it _________?
hers
5. Susan told me those books were ___________.
their
6. Your daughter lost __________ toys.
yours
7. My book is not ___________.
ours
8. Where is __________?
theirs is bigger.
9. Our pool is big, but _________
yours
10. Is this scarf __________?
Choose the correct possessive pronoun!

a) It’s not my computer, it is mine – hers – your.

b) That is not our car. Us – Mine – Ours is red.
c) I lost my pen. Can I borrow yours – mine – theirs?
d) Is this my balance? I thought hers – mine – yours was higher.
e) Is this Kate’s cat? Yes, it is hers – ours – his.
f) The bicycle belongs to Bill. It is its – his – theirs.
g) That food is for my parents. The food is mine – theirs – his.
h) We did it all wrong. The fault is mine – yours – ours.

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Choose the correct possessive pronoun!

1. I have a new watch. The watch is mine.

2. John has a garden. The garden is his.
3. Mary has a hamster. The hamster is hers
4. Mary and John have a child. The child is theirs.
5. You have some new clothes. The clothes are yours.
6. My son has a lot of toys. The toys are his.
7. She has a mobile phone. The mobile phone is hers.
8. I have some interesting photos. The photos are mine.
9. Dave and I have a web site. The web site is ours
10. The cat have a plate of food. The food is its
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