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Unit 3 • Lesson A: Celebrities

Vocabulary
Free time
band (n)
movie (n)
music (n)

Positive descriptions
amazing (adj)
exciting (adj)
favorite (adj)
good (adj)
great (adj)

Possessive adjectives
my
your
his
her
our
their

Professions
actor (n)
artist (n)
soccer player (n)
singer (n)
writer (n)

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Sports
(tennis) match (n)
(soccer) player (n)
sport (n)
team (n)

Other words
famous (adj)
always (adv)
really (adv)
very (adv)
so (conj)
celebrity (n)
(sports) fan (n)

be in statements
I'm
you're
he's
she's
we're
they're

Grammar
Be in statements
You can use a pronoun + contraction of be to make statements:

I'm a Johnny Depp fan.

She's a famous singer.

They're tennis players.

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Remember, you use the indefinite article a / an with singular nouns but not with plural nouns:

He's an actor.

We're Giants fans.

Possessive adjectives
My, your, his, her, our, and their are possessive adjectives. They show the owner of something.

Pronouns Possessive adjectives

I my
you your
he his
she her
we our
they their

You can use possessive adjectives instead of pronouns with be to make statements:

I'm a Johnny Depp fan. My favorite actor is Johnny Depp. His new movie is great.

She's a famous singer. Her voice is amazing.

They're tennis players. Their matches are exciting.

We're Giants fans. Our favorite team is the Giants.

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