Possessives

Possessive adjectives You He She It We They My Your His Her Its Our Their

Precedem substantivos My car Your house His farm Her room Our printer Their computer

“Possessive adjectives” concordam com o possuidor I like computers. My computers are from Japan. She sits there. Her place is special. He has a farm. His farm is in Indiana. We bought a new printer. Our printer is imported.

Possessive pronouns My Your His Her Its Our Their Mine Yours His Hers Its Ours Theirs

My teaches French, brother yours teaches German. Your is from China, Os “possessive pronouns” substituem os "substantivos" e os “possessive adjectives” já citados na frase. My teaches French, brother yours teaches German. Your is from China, radio mine is from Japan. Her is in Chicago, house ours is in Dallas.

My Your His Her Its Our Their Mine Yours His Hers Its Ours Theirs Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns My Your His Her Its Our Their Mine Yours His Hers Its Ours Theirs substantivo

Double possessive Sam is one of her employees. Sam is . Os “possessive pronouns” são também usados após a preposição “of” em uma construção chamada “double possessive” . Sam is one of her employees. Sam is . an employee of hers Sally is one of my teachers. Sally is . a teacher of mine One of our students is from Europe. is from Europe. A student of ours

Complete the sentences with Possessive Adjectives: a) Jeff is a very good student. ______ grades are excellent. b) Tom and Paul `live downtown. _______ house is very big. c) George has ____ breakfast at 7 o'clock. d) Margareth is a very beautiful girl. _____ eyes are green and ____ hair is black. e) My family and I usually have _________ lunch at home. His Their his Her her our

f) I have a sister. _____ sister is a lawyer and ____ office is downtown. g) George and John have a nice house on the beach. ____ house is big and comfortable. h)Look at that house ! ____ windows and doors are blue. i) Her cat is very ill. _____remedies are being prepared by that vet. j)My teacher is talking about water and ___ properties. My her Their Its Its its

2. Complete the blanks with the correct possessive pronoun . a)Those glasses are not our glasses. Those glasses are not _________. b)Your computer must be placed here, her computer must be placed there. Your computer must be placed here, _______ must be placed there. c)This book is not the book I need. Her book is the book I need. This book is not the book I need. ________is the book I need. d)My car is red and new, his car is blue and old. My car is red and new, _____ is blue and old. e)That hat is not his hat. That hat is not_______. ours hers Hers his his

f)Her glass is full of water, my glass is full of beer. Her glass is full of water, _______is full of beer. g)Her washing machine is broken, our washing machine isn't. Her washing machine is broken, _______isn't. h)Our farm is in California, their farm is in Virginia. Our farm is in California,_________ is in Virginia. i)My uncle is traveling to India, her uncle is traveling to Korea. My uncle is traveling to India, ________is traveling to Korea. j)His project is being examined by the comission, your project was approved. His project is being examined by the comission, _________ was approved. mine ours theirs hers yours

(Vunesp) – The correct possessive that completes the sentence below is: Peter brought his dogs and I brought__________. a) my b) your c) mine d) the mine e) our x Test 1

(PUC – PR) - Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue below: Bob: Do you always get good marks on ______ examinations? James: Yes, I do. I guess it's because I do ______ homework assignments and study a little every day. Bob: How about Maria? Are ______ grades good too? James: Yes. She's very bright and enjoys studying very much. a) yours - my - his b) you - my - hers c) your - me - your d) your - mine - yours e) your - my - her Test 2 x

(ITA) – Choose the alternative that completes the sentence below. This is_______book,_______ belongs to me, the book is____. a) my - he - my b) my - it - mine c) mine - he - mine d) my - it - her e) mine - it - mine x Test 3

x Test 4 (PUC-PR) - Choose the correct alternative: John studies in__________room. I study in_________room. You write in__________copybook. We prepare__________homework every day. a) his - mine - your - our b) him - my - your - our c) his - mine - yours - ours d) his - my - your - our e) him - mine - yours - ours x Test 4

(UFPE) - Based on the text below, the possessive “their", in "frying their brains", refers to: Reading the newspaper and watching the news on television, you would think that we are living in the most dangerous time ever in mankind's history. For example, our ancestors never worried about cell phones frying their brains or about being hit by a bus as they were walking. (From "Life is a Gamble" - SOCIETY - SPEAK UP, 168, page 8.) a) cell phones. b) dangerous. c) bus. d) our ancestors. e) Reading the newspaper. Test 5 x