4A GRAMMAR possessive ’s, Whose…?

1 2 3 4

Rachel, an a tennis racket glasses a CD a book

English teacher
5 6 7 8

Pete, a
music student a ticket scissors music books a white coat
9 10 11 12

Keira, a
doctor
board pens a shirt a piano a car

13 14 15 16

Toby, a
tennis player

tennis balls a dictionary trainers a bag

Look at objects 1–16. Whose are they? Write 14 more sentences.

1 It’s Toby’s tennis racket. 9

2 They’re Keira’s glasses. 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8 16

ACTIVATION
Cover the sentences. Test a partner or say the sentences.

  Whose is the book?  

   It’s Rachel’s. Whose are the glasses? 
  They’re Keira’s.

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4A VOCABULARY  The family

Student A
 a Look at sentences 1–10. Decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

1 Martin is Jemma’s brother.

Dave Rita
2 Nick’s wife is a doctor. retired retired
3 Mike’s grandfather is Dave.
4 Rita has four grandchildren.
5 Helen’s husband is a vet.
6 Tom is Nick’s brother. Nick Helen Andrew Tom Anna
7 Andrew is Martin’s uncle. engineer teacher policeman vet housewife

8 Nick and Helen have two sons.

9 Sally is Tom’s niece.
10
Jemma is Dave and Rita’s Martin Sally Jemma Mike
granddaughter. nurse student doctor hairdresser

 b Read your sentences to your partner. He / She says if they are true or false.
  Martin is Jemma’s brother.   False. Martin is Sally’s brother.

ACTIVATION
Test your partner.

  Who’s Dave’s wife?   Rita.

Student B
 a Look at sentences 1–10. Decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

1 Mike’s father is an engineer.

Dave Rita
2 Dave and Rita have three children. retired retired
3 Mike is Martin’s cousin.
4 Sally is Anna and Tom’s daughter.
5 Andrew is Dave’s son.
Nick Helen Andrew Tom Anna
6 Martin is Nick’s nephew.
engineer teacher policeman vet housewife
7 Tom’s sister is a teacher.
8 Andrew has two brothers.
9 Mike and Martin are Rita’s
grandsons. Martin Sally Jemma Mike
nurse student doctor hairdresser
10
Jemma’s brother is a student.

 b Read your sentences to your partner. He / She says if they are true or false.

  Mike’s father is an engineer.   False. Mike’s father is a vet.

ACTIVATION
Test your partner.

  Who’s Dave’s wife?   Rita.

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