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Possession is a rather complex notion in
Having presented the words orally and on English, on the one hand, because it can
the board, you may invite the class to do the be expressed in different ways, and on the
activity. other, because possessive adjectives and
The next piece of advice is to go personal. You the possessive ’s have different exponents
may invite SEN students to use the new words in Spanish. Weaker learners may find this
to talk about their family, remembering that page far too challenging and, as teachers, we
if they refuse, you may always use the photos should guarantee their understanding. You can
on your mobile phone to introduce your own reorganize the same material in a segmented
family. They will be really interested to learn way, as in the SEN accommodation provided
about them! (see pages 16―18).
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Possessive adjectives
USE FORM
Analyze these sentences from the text on Complete the table.
page 21. Underline six more possessive
adjectives. Subject Possessive
pronouns adjectives
I live with my family. I
you
Our house is in Saint Petersburg. he
she
Her name is Lida.
it
His name is Marko. we
they
Its name is Rudolf.
Read the rule and write a second
Tell me about the members of your family. example.
What are their names? We can use possessive adjectives
+ singular or plural nouns.
Complete the rule with the correct
examples. • his sister, his sisters
,
their Alexander’s your parents’
To talk about possession, we can use: It’s a small dog. Its name is Woolly.
• possessive adjectives, for example, It + short form of is possessive adjective
, .
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Possessive ’s
USE FORM
Analyze these sentences from Read the rule and write a second
the text. Underline three more example.
examples of possessive ’s.
We use the possessive ’s in this way:
My stepfather’s name is Fedor. • singular noun + ’s: brother’s,
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Read and choose the correct options. Then listen and check.
Jason: Is he / He is an actor?
Claire: They are his son / mother, Trey, and his daughter, Willow.
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grandfather +
father +
Tom
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2 I’ve got two good friends. Their / Our names are Cathy and John.
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6 Complete the questions with have or has. Then match the questions to the answers.
1 2 3
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