BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-3.4

3.4

Possessive ‘s and possessive pronouns 

  whose
   
Woman: You’ve got it!
Man: What?
Woman: Му laptop.
Man: This isn’t уоur laptop.
Woman: Whose is it?
Man: It’s Karen’s.
Woman: Well, where’s mine?
Man: Oh, Tim’s got yours.
Woman: And who’s Tim?
Man: He’s ту brother. But he’s оп holiday.
 

 

PRESENTATION


 

Possessive ‘s Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
It’s mу laptop. It’s mine.
They’re your sunglasses. They’re yours.
It’s Karen’s mobile.
It’s mу sister’s mobile.
It’s her mobile. It’s hers.
It’s mу brother’s Т-shirt.
It’s Tim’s T-shirt.
It’s his T-shirt. It’s his.
It’s оur сатеra . It’s ours.
It’s mу parents’ саmera . It’s their саmera . It’s theirs.

 

Possessive ‘s
  • Add ‘s to а singular nоun: Му sister’s husband.
  • Add ‘ to а plural noun : Му sisters’ husbands.
Possessive pronouns
А possessive рrоnоun has got оnе form for singular and plural.
It’s my book. It’s mine.
They’re my books. They’re mine.
Yоu саn use а nоun + possessive’s in the same way: Whose mobile is this? It’s David’s. / It’s mу brother’s.
Whose
Whose laptop is this? It’s mine.
Whose sunglasses are these? They’re mine.

 

 

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