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 N4.2 – Possessive
Nouns & Lesson
Pronouns – mine,
Articles 2/4
yours, ours

Primary objective:
• to introduce the possessive pronouns, mine, yours,
his, hers, ours, your, theirs
• to distinguish between possessive adjectives and
possessive pronouns
Pre-requisite:
• possessive adjectives • N3.1
• possessive nouns • N4.1

Before you teach, keep in mind:

While the possessive pronoun singular form its does

exist, it is so rarely used that we do not introduce it in
this lesson.

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Warm up:

Reviewing way of expressing possession in

English

Answers:

A. That is Louise’s house.

B. That is Liam’s car.

C. Those are Sammy’s toys.

D. This is Joan’s book.

Next slide: Possession

Note:

The following slide quickly reviews +’s and

possessive adjectives.

Next slide: Showing possession

Ask:

Can you tell me about some of the things

that you can see now in your room? (Ask
questions about objects that are visible to
both the teacher and student.)

For example:

Whose is that jacket?

Whose are those books?
Whose is that pen?

Next slide: Omitting the noun

Task:

The student uses the owner’s detail in

brackets to find the answer.

Remember that we can use it for an animal

if we do not know its sex.

Answers:
Whose are those books? (Amy)
They are hers.

Whose is the dog? (John)

It’s theirs.

Whose is the dog? (John)

It’s his.

Whose is the cat? (me)

It’s mine.

Next slide: Possessive adjectives

Note:

In certain languages, possessive adjectives

display number. This is not the case in
English and can cause some confusion
when possessive pronouns are introduced,
particularly regarding your/yours, our/ours
and their/theirs.

Next slide: Introducing possessive

pronouns
Next slide: Possessive pronoun table
Note:

While the possessive pronoun its exists, we

do not display it as it is almost never used.

To avoid the awkward constructions

It’s its and They are its,

We generally show possession with +’s.

Whose is that bone?

It’s the dog’s, and not It’s its.

Next slide: Exercise #1-10

Answers:

Note that students could provide alternative

answers, using It’s and They are.

1. These are yours.

2. This is ours.
3. Those are his.
4. This is mine.
5. These are ours.
6. It’s mine.
7. That’s his.
8. These are theirs.
9. This is hers.
10. That’s his.

Next slide: Whose is it?

Examples:

A. The house is theirs or It’s theirs.

B. The motorcycle is his.

C. The painting is his/hers.

D. The phone is yours.

E. The hat is mine.

F. The watch is his.

Next slide: Whose is it?

Examples:

A. The bags are hers.

B. The basketball is yours.

C. The iPad is his.

D. The flowers and vase are hers.

E. The rug is ours.

F. The camera is theirs.

Next slide: Ways of showing possession

Task:

Repeat the exercise from before, asking

about objects visible to both teacher and
student. This time, ask the student to
express possession in multiple ways.

Next slide: Exercise #11-22

Examples:

11. The cat is his.

12. It’s hers.
13. It’s yours.
14. They are theirs.
15. This is ours.
16. It’s theirs.
17. This is yours.
18. Is it mine?
19. Are these hers?
20. Is this his?
21. Is it his?
22. Are these yours?

Next slide: Exercise #23-27

Answers:

23. These aren’t Jake’s books. They

belong to me. They’re mine.

24. These aren’t Sally’s books. I think they

belong to Doreen… Yes, they are
hers.

25. This isn’t yours. Your book has a

different cover. This one is Mary’s.

26. Hmm… I’m not sure if this bag belongs

to Mary or Peter. I can’t remember… is
it his or hers.

27. I thought these were our house keys,

but they are Derek’s. Where are ours?
Do you know?

Next slide: Exercise #28-33

28. These aren’t my books. I think that
they are Ian’s.

29. You can’t take those shoes… they’re

not yours. They belong to Andrea.

30. Your children go to a public school but

we send ours to a private school.

31. I marked your tests yesterday. Here is

Mark’s, but I can’t find yours
anywhere!

32. It’s cold, and you’re not wearing a

jacket. Do you want to borrow mine?

33. Don’t give that to James. It’s not his, it

belongs to Richard.

Next slide: Matching exercise

Does that dog belong to Melanie?
Yes, it’s hers.

Is that Ben’s pencil?

No, it’s not his.

Whose is that apartment?

It’s theirs. They bought it last week.

Whose are those children?

Oh, you mean Kate and Alex? They’re
ours.

Is that your laptop?

No, it’s not mine. I think it’s Helga’s.

Next slide: Making sentences

Task:

Ask the student questions. The student

should be able to make multiple answers.

For example:

Whose is the boat?

It’s mine.
It belongs to me.
The boat is mine, etc.

Next slide: Making sentences (continued)

Task:

Ask the student questions. The student

should be able to make multiple answers.

For example:

Whose are the tickets?

They belong to Zak and Eliza.

They are Zak and Eliza’s.
They’re theirs.
The tickets are theirs, etc.

This is the final slide