TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Possessive Pronoun Race

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening, In this enjoyable teaching activity, students play a card game
matching and speaking where they race to complete sentences with possessive pronouns.
activity
Procedure
Language Focus Divide the class into groups of three.
Possessive pronouns
Give each group a set of sentence cards and possessive pronoun
cards.
Aim
Tell the students to shuffle the sentence cards and place them
To race to complete face down in a pile on the desk.
sentences with
possessive pronouns. The possessive pronoun cards should be spread out face up on
the desk, so all three students can easily see and reach them.

Preparation Students then take it in turns to pick up a sentence card and read
it to the other two students.
Make one copy of the
sentence cards and
The two students listen to the sentence and then race to grab the
possessive pronoun cards
correct possessive pronoun card to finish the sentence.
for each group of three
and cut as indicated.
The first student to grab the correct card and say the possessive
Keep the two sets
pronoun wins and keeps the two cards.
separate.
The correct answer is shown at the bottom of the sentence card.
Level
If neither student gives the right answer, the sentence card is
Pre-intermediate placed at the bottom of the pile and any possessive pronoun cards
are put back in place.

Time The next student then picks up a sentence card and so on.
25 minutes
This process continues until there are no more sentence cards
left.

The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

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 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, PRONOUNS AND NOUNS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Possessive Pronoun Race

Sentence cards

If you don’t have My brother wants I gave her my phone We visited their
enough money, you these DVDs back. number, and she gave house last weekend.
can borrow... They’re... me... This weekend, they
are going to visit...

Answer - mine Answer - his Answer - hers Answer - ours

I didn’t have an That ball belongs He took the Tom, I don’t think
umbrella so Marsha to those kids. phone charger, but this phone is mine.
lent me... That ball is... it’s not... I think it’s...

Answer - hers Answer - theirs Answer - his Answer - yours

Sorry Jacob. I took Amelia, there are two Those aren’t our Have you seen Mark?
this coffee, but it’s books here. I think keys. These keys I think this bag is...
not mine, it’s... this one is yours and are...
that one is...

Answer - yours Answer - mine Answer - ours Answer - his

Joshua can find his Yes, that’s your baby. Mia has eaten her I want to give this
classroom, but Katie She’s... chocolate bar to my sister. I think
and Maria can’t find... already, but I'm it’s...
saving...

Answer - theirs Answer - yours Answer - mine Answer - hers

I like your hair. Do Please give this book Can you give the ball No one knew whose
you like...? to your brother. I back to us? It’s... money it was, but
think it's... those people claimed
it was...

Answer - mine Answer - his Answer - ours Answer - theirs

Terry found his I don’t have a pen. This house belongs We found some
passport but Bella Could I borrow...? to Tim and Sophia. money on the floor,
couldn't find... It’s... so now it’s...

Answer - hers Answer - yours Answer - theirs Answer - ours

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 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, PRONOUNS AND NOUNS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Possessive Pronoun Race

Possessive Pronoun cards

mine mine mine mine

yours yours yours yours

his his his his

hers hers hers hers

ours ours ours ours

theirs theirs theirs theirs

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