Lesson 2

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION (USING WH

QUESTIONS)

RECYCLE: BE…

FAMILY MEMBERS (VOCABULARY)

CONTENT:

POSSESIVE ADJECTIVES

We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something.

The possessive adjectives are:

Number Person Personal Pronoun

Possessiveadjective

example sentence

singular

1st I my This is my book.

2nd You your I like your hair.

3rd He his His name is "John".

She her Her name is "Mary".

it its Its name is max.

plural

1st We our This is our house.

2nd You your Your children are lovely.

3rd They their The students thanked their teacher.

Here is a chart of the possessive adjectives:

Form Singular Plural

My My notebook. My notebooks

Your Your teacher. Your teachers.

His His backpack. His backpacks

Her Her friend. Her friends.

Its Its name. Its names.

Our Our classroom. Our classrooms.

Your Your table. Your tables.

Their Their brother. Their brothers.

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Compare:

your = possessive adjectiveyou're = you are

its = possessive adjectiveit's = it is

Be careful! There is no apostrophe (') in the possessive adjective "its". We use an apostrophe to write the short form of "it is". For example:

it is raining = it's raining.

I'm taking my dog to the vet. It's broken its leg. = It is broken its leg.

ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation in English and so are important for when you meet somebody for the first time. They are the building blocks from which the rest of the conversation can develop.

QUESTIONS WORD....

EXPLANATION

I want to know the ….

Specific thing, object or action What? (Qué, Cuál)

Person Who? (Quién)

Position, Place Where? (Dónde)

Time, Occassion, Moment When? (Cuando)

Reason, Explanation Why? (Por qué)

The most common question words in English are the following:

WHO is only used when referring to people. (= I want to know the person)

Who is the best football player in the world?

Who is your best friend?

WHAT is used to refer to specific information. (= I want to know the thing)

What is your name?

What is her favourite colour?

What is the time?

WHERE is used when referring to a place or location. (= I want to know the place)

Where is the library?

Where are my shoes?

WHEN is used to refer to a time or an occasion. (= I want to know the time)

When is his birthday?

When are we going to finish?

WHY is used to obtain an explanation or a reason. (= I want to know the reason)

Why are they always late?

Why are you sad?

Normally the response begins with "Because..."

STRUCTURE

QUESTION- WORD

TO BE

SUBJECT COMPLEMENT?

What are their names?

When is his birthday?

Where is the dog?

Who are your parents?

Why is he tired?

What is that?

ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAMES

What is name?

last name?

name is…

yourhisher

MyHisHer

ADDRESS

What is address?

address is…

yourhisher

MyHisHer

PHONE NUMBER.

What is pone number?

phone number is…

yourhisher

MyHisHer

NATIONALITY.

Where from?

phone number is…

are youis he

are they

Other personal information

What is your favourite food?My favourite food is

What is your favourite colour?My favourite colour is

What is her favourite music?her favourite music is

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FAMILY MEMBERS

Family Members

Family members…

-father -cousin

-mother -niece

-parents -nephew

-son -grandparents

-daughter -grandmother

-children -grandfather

-brother -grandson

-sister -granddaughter

-husband -grandchildren

-wife -great-grandfather

-aunt -great-granddaughter

-uncle -great-grandson

Other relatives…

Brother-in-law Godmother

Daughter-in-law Godparents

Father-in-law Godson

Mother-in-law Stepchild

Sister-in-law Stepchildren

Son-in-law Stepdaughter

Godchild Setpfather

Godchildren Stepmother

Goddaughter stepson

Godfather