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1 Possessive adjectives my your his her its our their UNIT 4 Grammar Practice Read and say these questions. | ] my | Have Has |" | gota| telephone | in| P'S | bedroom? we | clock et | office? "ave | they | their | Has [it | —gotanymik [in [ts | saueer? | Notice the difference between his and her and its. We use his with men: Arthur and his house. We use her with women: Mary and her house. We use its with animals or things: The cat and its saucer. Exercise 1 Fill he spaces with his, her or its. b) milk — ¢) car °) bag f) food 25 2 whose? 3 Possessive pronouns, mine yours his hers ours theirs Read and say this question. Or this question. chair? chair | Whose is this | desk? Whose | desk | is this? l book? book Exercise 2 Write whose and is this or are these in the spaces, a) .Whose umbrella is Pais, 2 ») office 2 °) cigarettes 2 3) house ? °) pencils 2 ) matches ? Read and say these questions and answers. [bag | | mine. pen yours, pencil ol tis | his: Whose | Perel! | isthis?| | rs | RS, desk | ous. | book |__| theirs Exercise 3 Whose cat is this? Fill he spaces. Ge @ Itisn't Manes, No, itisn't. Isit Yawn. es, t's " : ¢ "@e > eon 26 4 Possessive of We use 's with regular nouns: This is Arthur's key. nouns: ‘sands’ We use s' with regular plural nouns: Those are the gitls' typewriters. We use 's with irregular plural nouns: This is the policemen's car. Exercise 4 Fill the table with these words, using 's or 8’. There are only two irregular plurals. the ladies/house; Bruce/walle; the policeman/moustache; the menipipes; Maryimaney; the boys/bedroom; the Newions/garden; the women/bags Singular ‘s | Plural | Irregular Arthuors. Beg. the girls” permits | the pediemn ta 5 ’s,it'sand "scan mean three things: its a) the possessive of nouns: The cat's saucer is under the table, ) the spoken form of is: The cat's under the table. ©) the spoken form of has: The cat's got some milk it’s can mean two things: 4) the spoken form of itis: I's under the table ') the spoken form of ithas: I's got some milk. its can only mean the possessive adjective: Its saucer is under the table. Exercise 5 Fill the spaces with it's or its. Ihave adog. ....28%....... name is Toby. small dog, but headis large and tailis long, black, but got some white spots on paws. nose is always cold, and always hungry. anice dog, but very ugly, 6 Imperatives Exercise 6 Give these Hore are some orders to a friend. answers. Goto the door! Allright! Open the door! OK! Close the door! No! Come here! Goaway! ar Words and Phrases conductor nose Kon'dakta" nouz driver knee ‘drawva* ni: lady ‘lerd belt policeman, -men el polisman, “man garden oa : ‘ga:dn bus a bas oe ee ron bus-stop front (door) “bastop frant car : out here aut his" up there ap dea" at the back of at da bak ov always ‘oilwerz once a wwans 'gen then den perhaps po'heeps probably ‘probablt really ‘alt kam daon ring ny foot, feet open fot, firt “oupan hand close hend klouz mouth mau 28 Wordgame 1 Wordgame 2 Hi, you! What's the hhat ‘meaning of this? Is. ‘mismig this yourcar? Nojitisn't see. Perhapsii’s ‘Arthur's car? No, itisn'this, either. ‘aida" Thishouse is like lank MrsHarrison’s, Yes, isatthe comer, and so i's large. and sou That's why i's nice Deets wat itso good. 'm stillthirsty, Have some wine! OK, thanks. ‘And some brandy? No, thanks. Come on! Justone glass! Oh, allright. Now or he bill OhGoa! Disraeli Avenue Say the words and write them in the right column. address, again, also, always, asleep, biscuit, excuse, menu, moment, moustache, people, perhaps nov gud stil avkker kamon dgast oilrart ‘navfa au'god dvz‘reil'evanju: “bathroom good'night aso, aaress, EE iy T 1 At the comer of the 2 He'sinbed;he's __ 3 The wrong house? | 4 Arthur Newton and Mr 5 Notthe blue glass, the glass 6 Hands and 7 She's got a dog on her — 8 Twoand one are mi m|[m|[m|m|[m|m|m m[m|[m|m|m|m)m|m 29 Communication Practice Addresses and telephone numbers ‘Ask some friends their addresses and telephone numbers, and write them down. Address ‘Telephone Number [21 Gladstone Avenue, Miadleford |MdAleford. 723/44 Activity 1 Name Arthur Newton Activity 2 Personal details Do this exercise in pairs. Imagine that your partner wants a passport to visit foreign countries. Ask him/her for his/her personal details and write them on the form below. Then give your personal details to your partner for hinvher to write on his/her form. 1 2 3 Passport App ication Surname MriMesitiss! First name(s) Home address Home tel. no Schooliwork address Schoollwork tel. no ‘Occupation 10 n B 4 16 7 Age Date of bith Nationality Pace of birth Height Weight Colour of hair Colour of eyes. Countries to be visited 30

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