Lesson

CONTENT:

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION (USING WH QUESTIONS)

RECYCLE: BE

FAMILY MEMBERS (VOCABULARY)

POSSESIVE
ADJECTIVES

We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something.

The possessive adjectives are:
Number

singular

plural

Person

Personal
Pronoun

Possessive
adjective

example sentence

1st

my

This is my book.

2nd

You

your

I like your hair.

3rd

He

his

His name is "John".

She

her

Her name is "Mary".

it

its

Its name is max.

1st

We

our

This is our house.

2nd

You

your

Your children are lovely.

3rd

They

their

The students thanked their teacher.

Here is a chart of the possessive adjectives:

Form

Singular

Plural

My

My notebook.

My notebooks

Your

Your teacher.

Your teachers.

His

His backpack.

His backpacks

Her

Her friend.

Her friends.

Its

Its name.

Its names.

Our

Our classroom.

Our classrooms.

Your

Your table.

Your tables.

Their

Their brother.

Their brothers.

English TIP
Compare:

your = possessive adjective

you're = you are

its = possessive adjective

it's = it is

Be careful! There is no apostrophe (') in the possessive adjective "its". We use an

apostrophe to write the short form of "it is". For example:
it is raining = it's raining.
I'm taking my dog to the vet. It's broken its leg. = It is broken its leg.

ASKING FOR
PERSONAL
INFORMATION

Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation in English and
so are important for when you meet somebody for the first time. They are the
building blocks from which the rest of the conversation can develop.

QUESTIONS WORD....
EXPLANATION
I want to know the .
Specific thing, object or action

What?

(Qu, Cul)

Person

Who?

(Quin)

Position, Place

Where?

(Dnde)

Time, Occassion, Moment

When?

(Cuando)

Reason, Explanation

Why?

(Por qu)

The most common question words in English are the

following:

WHO is only used when referring to people. (= I want to know the person)
Who is the best football player in the world?
Who is your best friend?

WHAT is used to refer to specific information. (= I want to know the thing)

What is your name?
What is her favourite colour?
What is the time?

WHERE is used when referring to a place or location. (= I want to know the

place)
Where is the library?
Where are my shoes?

WHEN

is used to refer to a time or an occasion. (= I want to know the time)

When is his birthday?

When are we going to finish?

WHY

is used to obtain an explanation or a reason. (= I want to know the

reason)
Why are they always late?
Why are you sad?

Normally the response begins with "Because..."

STRUCTURE
QUESTIONWORD

TO BE

SUBJECT

What

are

their names?

When

is

his birthday?

Where

is

the dog?

Who

are

Why

is

he

What

is

that?

COMPLEMENT?

your parents?
tired?

ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAMES
What is

My
His
Her

ADDRESS
your
his
her

name?

What is

last name?

name is

My
His
Her

your
his
her

address?

address is

PHONE NUMBER.
What is

My
His
Her

your
his
her

NATIONALITY.
pone number?

phone number is

Where

are you
is he
are they

from?

phone number is

Other personal information

What is your favourite food?

My favourite food is

What is your favourite colour?

My favourite colour is

What is her favourite music?

her favourite music is

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FAMILY
MEMBERS

Family Members

Family members
-father

-cousin

-mother

-niece

-parents

-nephew

-son

-grandparents

-daughter

-grandmother

-children

-grandfather

-brother

-grandson

-sister

-granddaughter

-husband

-grandchildren

-wife

-great-grandfather

-aunt

-great-granddaughter

-uncle

-great-grandson

Other relatives
Brother-in-law

Godmother

Daughter-in-law

Godparents

Father-in-law

Godson

Mother-in-law

Stepchild

Sister-in-law

Stepchildren

Son-in-law

Stepdaughter

Godchild

Setpfather

Godchildren

Stepmother

Goddaughter

stepson

Godfather