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2. CONTENTS
15-1
15-2
15-3
15-4
Possessive nouns
Possessive: irregular plural nouns
Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers,…
Questions with whose

3. 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
The dog has a collar.
The dog’s collar is blue.
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4. 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
(a) The dog has a collar.
The dog’s collar is blue.
(b) My sister has a son.
My sister’s son is tall.
SINGULAR NOUN
POSSESSIVE
FORM
SINGULAR NOUN
POSSESSIVE
FORM
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5. 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
(a) The dog has a collar.
The dog’s collar is blue.
(b) My sister has a son.
My sister’s son is tall.
POSSESSIVE NOUN, SINGULAR:
noun + apostrophe (’ ) + -s
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6. 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
(c) The dogs have collars.
PLURAL NOUN
The dogs’ collars are blue. POSSESSIVE
FORM
(d) My sisters have sons.
PLURAL NOUN
My sisters’ sons are tall. POSSESSIVE
FORM
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7. 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
(c) The dogs have collars.
The dogs’ collars are blue.
(d) My sisters have sons.
My sisters’ sons are tall.
POSSESSIVE NOUN, PLURAL:
noun + -s + apostrophe (’)
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8. 15-1 Let’s Practice
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Marinas house is nice.
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9. 15-1 Let’s Practice
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?
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She likes Lukes smile.
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10. 15-1 Let’s Practice
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The dogs share a house.
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The dogs house is crowded.
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11. 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
The factory makes
children’s shoes.
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12. 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.
(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.
children
men
women
people
irregular plural
nouns
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13. 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.
(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.
REGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:
the girls’ teacher
IRREGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:
the men’s shoes
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14. 15-2 Let’s Practice
Tyler
These shoes belong to Tyler.
They’re ______ shoes.
Tyler’s
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15. 15-2 Let’s Practice
men
These shoes are for men.
They’re _____ shoes.
men’s
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16. 15-2 Let’s Practice
women
These shoes are for women.
They’re ________ shoes.
women’s
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17. 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS
This hat belongs to me.
It is my hat.
It is mine.
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18. 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS
(a) This hat belongs to me.
It is my hat.
It is mine.
(b) That hat belongs to you.
It is your hat.
It is yours.
(c) That hat is mine.
That is mine hat. ?
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19. 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS
POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVE
my
your
her
his
our
their
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUN
mine
yours
hers
his
ours
theirs
possessive
+ noun
adjective
my
hat
possessive pronoun
no noun
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20. 15-3 Let’s Practice
I own this bicycle.
This bicycle belongs to me
___.
This is ___ bicycle.
my
This bicycle is ____.
mine
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21. 15-3 Let’s Practice
You own that backpack.
That backpack belongs to you
___.
That is ____ backpack.
your
That backpack is _____.
yours
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22. 15-3 Let’s Practice
We own these flowers.
us
These flowers belongs to ___.
These are ___ flowers.
our
ours
These flowers are_____.
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23. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
Whose pen is this?
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24. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
(a) Whose pen is this?
Mine.
It’s mine.
It’s my pen.
(b) Whose pens are these?
Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s pens.
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25. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
(a) Whose pen is this?
(b) Whose pens are these?
Whose asks about possession.
Whose + noun
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26. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
(c) Whose is this?
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27. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
(c) Whose is this?
(d) Whose are these?
Whose
clear meaning
no noun
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28. 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
(c) Whose is this?
(d) Whose are these?
(e) Who’s your friend?
Who’s = who is
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29. 15-4 Let’s Practice
is
are
this
these
Whose calculator __ ____?
is this
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30. 15-4 Let’s Practice
is
are
this
these
are these
Whose boots ___ _____?
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31. 15-4 Let’s Practice
is
are
this
these
Whose notebook __ ____?
is this
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