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LESSON 3

GRAMMAR:

Personal Pronouns - Possessive Adjectives - Possessive Pronouns

I MY MINE
YOU YOUR YOURS
HE HIS HIS
SHE HER HERS
IT ITS ------
WE OUR OURS
YOU YOUR YOURS
THEY THEIR THEIRS

I am in MY car. The car is MINE.

You're in YOUR room. The room is YOURS.
John and you (You) are in YOUR house. The house is YOURS.
John (He) is in HIS boat. The boat is HIS.
Ruth (She) is in HER office. The office is HERS.
The dog (It) is in ITS house. ------------
John and I (We) are in OUR cars. The cars are OURS.
You and Robert (You) are in YOUR houses. The houses are YOURS.
John and Jean (They) are in THEIR cars. The cars are THEIRS.

GRAMMAR:

** POSSESSIVE CASE FOR A SINGLE OWNER - ADD ' S

It's John's notebook. They're John's notebooks.
It's Mary's table. They're Mary's tables.
It's Charles's wardrobe. They're Charles's wardrobes.

** POSSESSIVE CASE FOR NOUNS IN THE PLURAL - ADD ' ONLY:

It's the teachers' class. They're the teachers' classes.
It's the executives' office. They're the executives' offices.
It's the professors' car. They're the professors' cars.

EXCEPTION: Irregular plurals not ending in S - ADD ' S

It's the policeman's car. It's the policemen's car.
They're the saleswoman's books. They're the saleswomen's books.

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** COMMON POSSESSION - MULTIPLE OWNERS FOR A SINGLE OBJECT/THING - ADD ' S TO THE LAST
PERSON:
This is John and Mary's office. This is Jim and Herman's office.
This is the salesman and the saleswoman's office.
This is the accountant and the auditor's office.
This is the lawyer and the receptionist's office.

** INDIVIDUAL POSSESSION: MULTIPLE OWNERS FOR MULTIPLE OBJECTS/THINGS - ADD ' S TO EACH
OWNER:
These are John's and Mary's offices.
These are Jim's and Herman's offices.

NOTE: WHOSE is used to ask questions about POSSESSION:

Whose desk is this? Whose teacher is she?
This is Mary’s desk. She is Paul’s teacher.

Whose book is this? This book is Robert's / It's Robert's.

Whose notebook is this? This notebook is Mary and John's / It's Mary and John's.
Whose chair is this? It's the teachers' chair.
Whose telephones are these? These telephones are Tom's and Jeff’s / They are Tom's and Jeff’s.

WHO'S ( WHO IS ) is used to ask questions about a PERSON:

Who is (Who's) always late for class? Who is (Who's) absent today?
Helen is always late for class. Richard is absent today.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES – LESSON 3:

Fill in the blanks with the possessive pronoun:

Ex: Is this your book? No, it's Alan's. It's his.

1. Is this your book? Yes, it is ________.

2. Is this Charlie and Joanne's house? Yes, it is _______.
3. Diane has ________ book and John has _______.
4. We live in _______ house and they live in _______.
5. They study in _______ school and we study in ______.

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Put ( ' ) apostrophe or ' S in the correct place:

1. This is Paul and Berta house.

2. It is a policeman car.
3. Those are Lola and Herb books.
4. These are the students chairs.
5. It is the teacher eraser.

Give the OPPOSITE of the given adjectives:

1. Are you a bad student? No, I'm a _________ student.

2. Are the questions easy? No, they're ______________ .
3. Is the blackboard clean? No, it's ___________ .
4. Is your wife happy? No, she is ___________.
5. Is this a quiet street? No, it is a _________ street.
6. Are you always late? No, I'm usually __________ .
7. Is this exercise unimportant? No, it's very ___________ .
8. Is the bus slow? No, it's __________ .

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