Grammar Review: How to show possession in English

Grammar Review: How to show possession in English

Identify and use expressions for possession, such as possessive adjective and pronouns

Look at the photo then answer the following question.

How do you know who is the person and owner (propietario) of the bike and the pets?

Multiple Choice

How do you know who is the person and owner (propietario) of the bike and the pets?

• With the verbs

• with the personal pronouns

• With the words "my" , "his"

What are these words? They are called possessive adjectives. They...

• ... they indicate possession of an object, family relationship, etc.

• ... they are always used BEFORE A NOUN

Here you have some examples.

• John has a new mobile phone. It's "his" mobile phone.

• Mariela and "her" sister live in Coinco.

• My pet is drinking "its" milk.

• Carolina and Jenny are wearing "their" uniforms.

• You have "your" old house in Rengo.

• We have a new friend. "His" name is Ben. (Brereton XD)

Practice!!!

Read the following statements and choose the corresponding possessive ADJECTIVE.

Multiple Choice

1. I'm Cathy. _____ name is Cathy

• Her

• My

• His

Multiple Choice

This is my classmate. ______ name is Harry.

• Her

• My

• His

Multiple Choice

I'm Jenny and ________ friends are very nice.

• Their

• My

• Him

Multiple Choice

Roger has a new tablet. It's _______ tablet

• his

• my

• her

Possessive pronouns

When do we use them? We use possessive pronouns when the noun (sustantivo) was mentioned before.

They replace nouns when they were mentioned before. Let's look at examples.

• This is my computer. It is MINE.

• This is his house. It is HIS

• Give her that pen, it is HER.

Read the following statements and answer the questions.

(Instruction)

Multiple Choice

It's Ben's phone. It's...

• his

• hers

• mine

Multiple Choice

They're my books. They're

• hers

• his

• mine

Multiple Choice

It's our house. It's ____

• mine

• ours

• theirs