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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