CLOTHES
T-shirt Blouse Jacket
Pants Jeans Shorts
Dress Skirt Sandals
Shoes Sneakers Socks
Belt Hat Cap
Gloves Scarf Glasses
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POSSESSIVE CASE
● It is used to identify possession.
● There is something that belongs to somebody.
Eg:
This is Penelope. This is Penelope`s car.
Rules:
● Add `s
Eg: Tina`s house.
The dog`s tail.
● Names ending in “s” only add `.
Eg: Carlos` bike.
● More than one owner. Add `s on the last name only.
Eg: Lia, Bia and Maria`s house.
● We use of with two objects.
Eg: The door of the house is brown. (Not the house`s door)
Exception:
● Names from the Bible. Use the … of.
Eg: The power of God. (Not God`s power)
The law of Moses. (Not Moses` law)
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Wh-Question
Whose – It identifies the owner of something.
Eg: Whose ball is this? (Pedro)
This is Pedro`s ball.
Note: The noun can be omitted.
Eg: Whose ball is this? (Pedro)
This is Pedro`s. (= This is Pedro`s ball)
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Exercises
1) Answer the questions using the `s.
a) Whose dress is this? (Julia) _______________________________________________________
b) Whose blouses are these? (Lucas) __________________________________________________
c) Whose sandals are these? (Paula and Alice) __________________________________________
d) Whose skirt is this? (Bella) _______________________________________________________
e) Whose hat is this? (The cat) _______________________________________________________
2) Correct the mistakes.
a) Jesus is Maria`s son. _____________________________________________________________
b) This is the car`s window. _________________________________________________________
c) This is the book`s cover. __________________________________________________________
d) This is the street`s name. _________________________________________________________
e) This is the story`s name. __________________________________________________________
3) Write the names under the correct clothes.
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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
• We use possessive pronouns without a following noun.
Eg:
• My car is blue. (My = possessive adjective / car = noun)
• Mine is blue. ( Mine = Possessive pronoun)
• This is your house. (your = Possessive adjective / house = noun)
• This house is yours. (yours = Possessive pronoun)
• Look at the table:
Possessive Possessive
Adjectives Pronouns
my mine
Singular your yours
his his
her hers
its -------
our ours
Plural your yours
their theirs
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Exercises
1) Complete the sentences using possessive pronouns.
a) This is her jacket. It`s ___________.
b) This is your belt. It`s ____________.
c) This is their dress. It`s ___________.
d) This is our T-shirt. It`s ___________.
e) This is my skirt. It`s _____________.
f) This is his cap. It`s ______________.
2) Complete the sentences using possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns.
a) They`re _________ pants. (your – yours)
b) These shoes are ___________. (their – theirs)
c) My scarf is black and __________ is white. (her – hers)
d) ______ blouse is beautiful. (our – ours)
e) These are his glasses. They aren`t __________. (my – mine)
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1) Write the names of the clothes under the correct picture. Review
2) Rewrite the sentences in the correct way using the `s.
Eg: the radio of Lucy – Lucy`s radio
a) the house of Aline - _________________________________________________________
b) the sandals of Barbara - ______________________________________________________
c) the jacket of Thaís - _________________________________________________________
d) the mother of Daniel, Lara and Paula - ___________________________________________
e) the tail of the lion - ____________________________________________________________
3) Rewrite the sentences in the correct way using the … of.
Eg: God`s power – The power of God.
a) the house`s roof - ______________________________________________________________
b) the paper`s line - _______________________________________________________________
c) the cd`s song - _________________________________________________________________
d) the bag`s color - ________________________________________________________________
e) the mountain`s top - _____________________________________________________________
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4) Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.
Eg: This book is my book. => This book is mine.
a) That doll is her doll.
_____________________________________________________________________________
b) That house is our house.
_____________________________________________________________________________
c) This notebook is his notebook.
_____________________________________________________________________________
d) This turtle is your turtle.
_____________________________________________________________________________
e) My name is Daniel and your name is Julio.
_____________________________________________________________________________
f) His birthday is in June and her birthday is in September.
_____________________________________________________________________________
g) Their car is red and our car is black.
_____________________________________________________________________________
5) Answer the questions.
Eg: Whose skirt is this? (Lucy) => It`s Lucy`s. or It`s hers.
a) Whose dress is this? (Sandy) ___________________________________________________
b) Whose belt is this? (Paulo) _____________________________________________________
c) Whose sandals are these? (Mel and Bia) ___________________________________________
d) Whose sneakers are these? (Marcos) ______________________________________________
e) Whose scarf is this? (Melina) ____________________________________________________
f) Whose T-shirts are these? (Tony and Jack) __________________________________________
g) Whose glasses are these? (Laura) __________________________________________________
h) Whose pants are these? (Robert) ___________________________________________________
i) Whose cap is this? (Kevin) ________________________________________________________
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