IC Possessive Adjectives

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The passage discusses possessive adjectives, common rules for articles, and different ways to use 'have' to express possession in sentences.

Possessive adjectives are used to show possession from one or more things to one or more people. They are placed before nouns and include words like 'my', 'your', 'his', etc. Examples are given on pages 2-3 to demonstrate their use.

The rules covered include using 'a' before most nouns and 'an' before words starting with vowels. Examples of each are provided on pages 4-5.

Possessive adjectives

• The possessive adjectives show possession from one or more things to


one or more people.
• Ex.
Activity.
• Complete the exercises with the following possessive adjectives.
1. Mario is from Guatemala. ……… home is in a nice part of the city.
2. Are you from Canada? Where´s ……..flat?
3. We´re from Bogota, in Colombia. ……… home is near a big hotel.
4. Paquita is from France. ……… village is near Eiffel Tower.
5. Pedro and Eva are from Peru. ……… flat is very old.
6. I have a mouse. ……… is white.
Common objects
Language plus
• We use a before most nouns.
a) A pencil
b) A Tv.
c) A Cellphone
• We use an before a,e,i,o,u
a) An Apple
b) An ice cream
c) An ant.
Have for affirmative sentences.
• We use have as a verb to express possession of someone or something.
• The structure is the following:
• Subject + have/has+complement.
• Ex.
• I have a girlfriend
• You have a house.
• He has a dog
• She has a grandmother
• The cat has a toy (The cat=it)
• We have some cupcakes
• You have many students
• They have lots of children.
Note. When we use he, she, it, we use has.
Have Negative Sentences
• These sentences express no one possession.
• The structure of these sentences are the following:
• Subject+Auxiliary Don´t/Doesn´t+have+complement.
• Ex.
1. I don´t have a girlfriend.
2. You don´t have a house.
3. He doesn´t have a dog.
4. She doesn´t have a grandmother.
5. The cat doesn´t have a toy (The cat=it)
6. We don´t have cupcakes.
7. You don´t have many students.
8. They don´t have lots of children.
Note. We use the auxiliary Don´t with I, you, we, they. Besides, Does we use with
he, she,it.
Have with yes/no questions. Short answers.
• These questions are to ask the possession.
• The structure is the following:
• Do/does+subject+have/has+complement+? = Yes, subject+auxiliary. Do/does.
• Examples.
1. Do I have a girlfriend? Yes, I do. No, I don´t
2. Do you have a house? Yes, I do. No, I don´t
3. Does he have a dog? Yes,he does. No, he doesn´t
4. Does she have a grandmother? Yes, she does. No, she doesn´t
5. Does the cat have a toy? (The cat=it) Yes, it does. No, it doesn´t
6. Do we have cupcakes? Yes, we do. No, we don´t
7. Do you have many students? Yes, we do. No, we don´t
8. Do they have lots of children? Yes, they do. No, they don´t
Activity
• Complete the following exercises with have or has.
1. Maria _____ a boyfriend.
2. Does Juan_____a dog?
3. Do Marcelo and Maria ______ a baby?
4. I_______ a Play Station 2.
5. We _______a teacher.
6. Mariana______ a father called Nelson.
7. Do you _______ an Apple Mobile pone?
8. You________ a new Tv.

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