PossessivesPossessives

II YouYou HeHe SheShe ItIt WeWe YouYou TheyThey

MyMy YourYour HisHis HerHer ItsIts OurOur YourYour TheirTheir

Possessive adjectivesPossessive adjectives

Precedem substantivosPrecedem substantivos

My

Your

His

Her

Our

Their

car

house

farm

room

printer

computer

““Possessive adjectives” concordam com o Possessive adjectives” concordam com o possuidorpossuidor

I like computers.

She sits there.

He has a farm.

We bought a new printer.

My computers are from Japan.

Her place is special.

His farm is in Indiana.

Our printer is imported.

Possessive pronounsPossessive pronouns

My Your His Her Its Our Your Their

MineMine Yourss His Herss Its Ourss Yourss Theirss

Os Os “possessive pronouns”“possessive pronouns” substituem os substituem os ""substantivossubstantivos" e os " e os “possessive adjectives”“possessive adjectives” já citados na frase.já citados na frase.

My teaches French,

Your is from China,

Her is in Chicago,

yoursyours teaches German.

minemine is from Japan.

oursours is in Dallas.

brother

radio

house

My Your His Her Its Our Your Their

MineMine Yourss His Herss Its Ourss Yourss Theirss

substantivosubstantivo

Possessive Possessive adjectivesadjectives

Possessive Possessive pronounspronouns

Double possessiveDouble possessive

Os “possessive pronouns”“possessive pronouns” são também usadosapós a preposição “of”“of” em uma construção chamada “double possessive”“double possessive” .

Sam is one of her employees.

Sally is one of my teachers.

One of our students is from Europe.

Sam is .

Sally is .

is from Europe.

an employee of hersof hers

a teacher of mineof mine

A student of oursof 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.

HisHis

TheirTheir

hishis

HerHerherher

ourour

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.

MyMy herher

TheirTheir

ItsIts

ItsIts

itsits

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_______.

oursours

hershers

HersHers

hishis

hishis

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.

minemine

oursours

theirstheirs

hershers

yoursyours

(Vunesp) – The correct possessive that completes the sentence below is:

Peter brought his dogs and I brought__________.

a) myb) yourc) mined) the minee) our Test 1Test 1xx

(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 - hisb) you - my - hersc) your - me - yourd) your - mine - yourse) your - my - her

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(ITA) – Choose the alternative that completes the sentence below.

This is_______book,_______ belongs to me, the book is____.

a) my - he - myb) my - it - minec) mine - he - mined) my - it - here) mine - it - mine Test 3Test 3

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(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 - ourb) him - my - your - ourc) his - mine - yours - oursd) his - my - your - oure) him - mine - yours - ours

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(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.

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