CONTENTS

15-1 Possessive nouns

15-2 Possessive: irregular plural nouns
15-3 Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers,…
15-4 Questions with whose
15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

The dog has a collar.

The dog’s collar is blue.

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(a) The dog has a collar. SINGULAR NOUN

The dog’s collar is blue. POSSESSIVE

FORM

(b) My sister has a son. SINGULAR NOUN

My sister’s son is tall. POSSESSIVE

FORM
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 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

(a) The dog has a collar.

The dog’s collar is blue.

(b) My sister has a son.

My sister’s son is tall.

POSSESSIVE NOUN, SINGULAR:

noun + apostrophe ( ’ ) + -s

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(c) The dogs have collars. PLURAL NOUN

The dogs’ collars are blue. POSSESSIVE

FORM

(d) My sisters have sons. PLURAL NOUN

My sisters’ sons are tall. POSSESSIVE

FORM
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 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

(c) The dogs have collars.

The dogs’ collars are blue.

(d) My sisters have sons.

My sisters’ sons are tall.

POSSESSIVE NOUN, PLURAL:

noun + -s + apostrophe (’)

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‘
? Marinas house is nice.

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‘
? ‘
She likes Lukes smile.

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‘
‘ ? The dogs share a house.

? The dogs house is crowded.

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15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

The factory makes

children’s shoes.

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 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.

(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.

children
men irregular plural
women nouns
people
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 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.

(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.

REGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:

the girls’ teacher
IRREGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:
the men’s shoes
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15-2 Let’s Practice

Tyler
These shoes belong to Tyler.
They’re ______
Tyler’s shoes.

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men
These shoes are for men.
They’re _____
men’s shoes.

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women

These shoes are for women.

They’re ________
women’s shoes.

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15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

This hat belongs to me.

It is my hat.
It is mine.

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 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

(a) This hat belongs to me.

It is my hat.
It is mine.
(b) That hat belongs to you.
It is your hat.
It is yours.
(c) That hat is mine.
That is mine hat. ?

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 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVE PRONOUN

my mine possessive
your yours adjective + noun
her hers my hat
his his
our ours
possessive pronoun
their theirs
no noun

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 15-3 Let’s Practice

I own this bicycle.

This bicycle belongs to me
___.
This is ___
my bicycle.
This bicycle is ____.
mine

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You own that backpack.

That backpack belongs to you
___.
That is ____
your backpack.
That backpack is _____.
yours

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We own these flowers.

us
These flowers belongs to ___.

These are ___

our flowers.
ours
These flowers are_____.

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15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

Whose pen is this?

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 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

(a) Whose pen is this?

Mine.
It’s mine.
It’s my pen.

(b) Whose pens are these?

Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s pens.

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 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

(a) Whose pen is this?

(b) Whose pens are these?

Whose asks about possession.

Whose + noun

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 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

(c) Whose is this?

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 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

(c) Whose is this?

(d) Whose are these?

Whose
clear meaning no noun

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15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

(c) Whose is this?

(d) Whose are these?

(e) Who’s your friend?

Who’s = who is

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15-4 Let’s Practice

is this
are these

Whose calculator __
is ____?
this

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is this
are these

are _____?
Whose boots ___ these

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is this
are these

Whose notebook __
is ____?
this

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