Possessive Adjectives: Expressing Possession of Things, Animals or People According To The Subject

Possessive
Adjectives
Expressing possession of things, animals or
people according to the subject.
Possessive Adjectives
 In this topic you will find:
 A definition of the possessive adjectives.
 An explanation and examples of each possessive adjective.
 The position of the possessive adjectives in a sentence.
 The concordance of the possessive adjectives.
 Plural o singular nouns with possessive adjectives.
 Activities to practice the four skills in language learning:
 Writing
 Reading
 Listening
 Speaking
 A Self-assessment exercise
Possessive Adjectives:
Definition
They are words that modify a noun to show a form of possession, a sense of belonging or ownership to a specific
person, animal or thing.
The possessive adjectives that are used in the English language are: my, your, our, its, her, his, and their; each
one corresponds to a subject pronoun.
Personal Possessive
Grupo 2
Pronouns Adjectives
 In the English language there are
different pronouns: I My
 personal pronouns, You Your
 object pronouns, He His
 possessive pronouns,
She Her
 and more.
It Its
 These pronouns sometimes confuse
students so in this unit you will learn We Our
how to use the pronouns correctly.
You Your
They Their
My
It is always used for the pronoun I.
It is used for singular or plural nouns.
It is used for a girl or a man.
For example:
My Father’s
name is
My Joe
cats are
My dog is white
black.
My
name is
My Anna.
name is
Joe.
Your
It is always used for the pronoun you in singular or in plural.
It is for male or female owners.
For example:
Please boys, write

on the list your
Girls, can you first
write your phone names and your
numbers on the e-mails (plural
What is your e- male subjects).
mail Sharon? (a list? (plural
female subject) female subjects).
Your name is
Christopher (a
male subject).
His
It is used when the subject is a male person.
It is for plural or singular nouns.
For example:
Homer likes
cars, his
Harry lives in cars are four
Paris, his sport ones
What is his house is near (plural).
name? the Eiffel tower
(singular).
Her
It is used when the subject is a female.
For example:
Anna likes
animals, her
Mary lives in pets are three
New York, her white cats
What is her house is small (plural).
name? but beautiful
(singular).
Its
It is used when the object is only thing, place or animal.
For example:
The table has its

four legs too
Hey, The TV short (plural).
wireless control
The dog always doesn´t have its
moves its tail, batteries (plural).
What a cute when it sees its
puppy what is its owner (singular).
name?
Our
It is used when the subject is we.
Our dogs aren´t
dangerous
(plural)
We like our
school and our
teachers (singular
We are rich, our
/plural).
house has pools
and gardens
(singular).
Your
It is always used for the pronoun You
For example:
Please boys, write on

the list your first
names and your e-
What is your e- mails (plural male
mail Sharon? (a subjects).
female subject) Girls,
Your name is can you write your
Christopher (a male phone numbers on
subject). the list? (plural
female subjects).
Their
It is always used when the subject is They
It is used for people, animals, things or places.
For example:
In Israel, all the cars

don´t have their
plates (things)
The boys have their (plural).
own
apartment (singular)
In Arabia the dogs .
don’t have their
vaccines for
The boys gave sicknesses (plural).
me their
money for their
These dogs don´t books (people)
have their (singular/plural).
tails and their ears?
(animals)(plural
/plural).
Exercise 1
Read the subjects on the left and write on the blanks the correct possessive adjective.
Example: My dad / _his__car
1. The gorillas/ __________ bananas
2. I ___ job.
3. Evelyn/ ______father
4. You and Alice/ ______dolls
5. My sister/ _____boyfriend
6. Jessica and Daisy /_____ apartment
7. I and Eva/_____school
8. çWilliam / _____cat
9. The dog/ ______dish
10. The girls _________books
Read carefully, then answer the following
questions
1.Her brother has a____________-

2.Why she hasn’t traveled to
Australia?
3. Who celebrated Alice’s birthday to
her?
4. Alice arrived to California when
she was_____years old.
5. Her pet is a ____
6. Who are twins?
7. In her birthday she recieved
a____-
Your family
Speaking.
 Record with your mobile phone –  Example:
audio or video-.
 Make a recording (1 or 2 minutes)
and describe a member of your
family.
 Describe your parents.
 Your father´s eyes, hair, skin color.
 Your mother's hair color, eyes
color.
Choosing the correct possessive adjective
Pay attention to the context of the
sentences and write the correct
possessive adjective
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