Pronouns and possessives
Level A2
Personal pronouns refer to people, places, things, and ideas.
Subject pronouns function as the subject of the sentence.
They come before the verb.
Mary is an excellent teacher.
The computer is expensive.
Peter and Tom are students at this school.
The apples are very good.
She is an excellent teacher.
It is expensive.
They are students at this school.
They are very good.
Mary is an excellent teacher. She is my teacher.
My, your,his, her, our, their
John has a car
I have two sisters.
The school has a laboratory.
We have a new teacher.
You have a bicycle.
They have a house.
Sally has a cat.
Now you. Show an object and express it like the exercise.
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_________ car is new.
________ sisters are pretty.
_________ laboratory is big.
Mr. Hunt’s _________ new teacher.
_________ bicycle is old.
_________ house is small.
_________ cat is ugly.
I have a watch. My watch is new.
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
My shirt is green.
His pencil is yellow.
Your ticket is on the table.
Our family is big.
Her smartphone is modern.
Their friends are in Paris.
Now give an example: this smartphone is mine.
This is my mother’s book. The book is hers.
The green shirt is _________.
The yellow pencil is ________.
The ticket on the table is ________.
That big family is _________.
The modern smartphone is ________.
The friends in Paris are ________.
I bought a gift for my grandmother.
I bought a gift for her.
Object pronouns generally follow verbs or prepositions.
I bought a book yesterday.
Mary gave Peter a present.
The parents drove the children to school.
Tim picked up the soccer balls.
I bought it yesterday.
Mary gave him a present.
The parents drove them to school.
Tim picked them up.
Mario calls me every Monday.
Match
I like it
I like you
I like her
I like him
I like us
I like them
Whose bag is this?
Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun | Belong to + object pronoun |
It’s my bag. They’re your bags. | That bag is mine. Those bags are yours. | The bag belongs to me The bags belong to you. |
It’s his bag. They are her bags. It’s its bag. | That bag is his, Those bags are hers. That bag is the university’s | That bag belongs to him. Those bags belong to her. That bag belongs to the university. |
They are our bags. It’s their bag. | Those bags are ours. That bag is theirs. | Those bags belong to us. That bag belongs to them. |
Whose bag is it?
This is Frank. Look at the picture to practice Q&A with WHOSE and answers.
Whose bag is it?
It’s his bag.
The bag is his.
The bag belongs to him.
Whose oranges are these?
Meet Sharon.
Look at the picture to practice Q&A with WHOSE and answers.
Whose oranges are theset?
They are her oranges.
These oranges are hers.
The oranges belong to her.
Who do I like?
I like Lady Gaga. I like ______.
I like Lady Gaga’s music. I like her music. I like _______.
I like the Rolling Stones. I like _______.
I like the Rolling Stones’s music. I like _________.
I like my students.I like ________.
It it her them them
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How to teach pronouns. Thought.Co at <https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-teach-pronouns-1212115>
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