15-1 Possessive nouns15-2 Possessive: irregular plural nouns15-3 Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers,… 15-4 Questions with whose

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The dog has a collar.The dog’s collar is blue.

15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

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(a) The dog has a collar. The dog’s collar is blue.

(b) My sister has a son. My sister’s son is tall.

SINGULAR NOUN

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POSSESSIVE FORM

SINGULAR NOUN

POSSESSIVE FORM

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(a) The dog has a collar. The dog’s collar is blue.

(b) My sister has a son. My sister’s son is tall.

15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

POSSESSIVE NOUN, SINGULAR:

noun + apostrophe ( ) + -s’

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(c) The dogs have collars. The dogs’ collars are blue.

(d) My sisters have sons. My sisters’ sons are tall.

PLURAL NOUN

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POSSESSIVE FORM

PLURAL NOUN

POSSESSIVE FORM

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(c) The dogs have collars. The dogs’ collars are blue.

(d) My sisters have sons. My sisters’ sons are tall.

15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

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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The factory makes

children’s shoes.

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(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.

15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

irregular plural nouns

childrenmen

womenpeople

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REGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:

IRREGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:

(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.

the girls’ teacher

the men’s shoes

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These shoes belong to Tyler.

They’re ______ shoes.

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Tyler

Tyler’s

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These shoes are for men.

They’re _____ shoes.

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men’s

men

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They’re ________ shoes.women’sThese shoes are for women.

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women

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This hat belongs to me.It is my hat.It is mine.

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

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(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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POSSESSIVEADJECTIVE

POSSESSIVEPRONOUN

myyourherhisourtheir

mineyourshershisourstheirs

possessiveadjective noun

my hat

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possessive pronoun no noun

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mine

This bicycle belongs to ___.

I own this bicycle.

me

This is ___ bicycle.my

This bicycle is ____.

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That backpack is _____.

you

That is ____ backpack.your

That backpack belongs to ___.

You own that backpack.

yours

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These flowers are_____.ours

These flowers belongs to ___.

We own these flowers.

us

These are ___ flowers.our

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Whose pen is this?

15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

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(a) Whose pen is this?

(b) Whose pens are these?

Mine.It’s mine.It’s my pen.

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

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(a) Whose pen is this? (b) Whose pens are these?

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Whose asks about possession.

Whose + noun

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(c) Whose is this?

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clear meaning no noun

(c) Whose is this?

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Whose

(d) Whose are these?

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(c) Whose is this?

(d) Whose are these?

(e) Who’s your friend?

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Who’s = who is

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isWhose calculator __ ____?this

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isare

thisthese

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Whose boots ___ _____?are these

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isare

thisthese

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Whose notebook __ ____?is this

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isare

thisthese

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