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    Life Beginner Unit 3a

    Possessive ’s and possessive pronouns: whose

    Woman: You’ve got it!


    Man: What?
    Woman: My laptop.
    Man: This isn’t your 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 my brother. But he’s on holiday.

    Presentation

    Possessive ’s Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun

    It’s my laptop. It’s mine.

    They’re your sunglasses. They’re yours.

    It’s Karen’s mobile.


    It’s her mobile. It’s hers.
    It’s my sister’s mobile.
    It’s my brother’s T shirt.
    It’s his T-shirt. It’s his.
    It’s Tim’s T-shirt.

    It’s our camera. It’s ours.

    It’s my parents’ camera. It’s their camera. It’s theirs.

    Possessive ’s
    Add ’s to a singular noun: My sister’s husband.
    • 
    Add ’ to a plural noun: My sisters’ husbands.
    • 
    Possessive pronouns
    A possessive pronoun has got one form for singular and plural.
    It’s my book. It’s mine.
    They’re my books. They’re mine.

    You can use a noun + possessive ’s in the same way: Whose mobile is this? It’s David’s. / It’s my brother’s.

    Whose
    Whose laptop is this? It’s mine.
    Whose sunglasses are these? They’re mine.

    Practical Grammar 1 1 © National Geographic Learning


    Beginner Unit 3a
    Exercises

    1 Write questions with whose and the answers. Then listen and check.
    1  mobile 2  books 3  sunglasses
    Harry

    Lisa

    Tim

    4  camera 5  laptop 6  trainers


    1 A: Whose
     mobile is this? 4 A: 
    B: I think it’s Harry’s. B:
    2 A: Whose
     books are these? 5 A: 
    B: I think they're Lisa's. B:
    3 A:  6 A:
    B: B:

    2 Write sentences with possessive pronouns.


    1 That’s Harry’s mobile. 4  This is Lisa’s laptop.
    It’s his.  
    2 Those are Tim’s trainers. 5  These are Harry’s sunglasses.
     
    3 These are Lisa’s books. 6  That’s Tim’s camera.
     

    3 Rewrite the sentences. Use possessive pronouns.


    1 This is my laptop and that’s your laptop. This is mine and that is yours.
    2 Those are their books and these are our books.
    3 This is her camera and that’s your camera.
    4 This is my laptop and that’s his laptop.

    4 What is the ’s in the underlined words? Write is, has or P (for possessive ’s ).
    1 Is this Lisa’s mobile? P 4 I think Tim’s got my book. Where is he?
    No, she’s got a Nokia. has He’s on holiday.
    2 That’s a nice camera. 5 This one’s mine.
    Yes, it’s a Nikon. No, that’s yours.
    3 Have you got Harry’s laptop? 6 Where is Tim’s camera?
    No, this is Tim’s. It’s in his bag.

    Practical Grammar 1 2 © National Geographic Learning

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