Possessive pronouns

CHAPTER 2B

Whose is it, anyway?

What we did last time

SINGULAR (enkelvoud)

This guitar belongs to Mike

It’s Mike’s guitar. = (enkelvoud = +’s)

PLURAL (meervoud)

That car belongs to my parents.

It’s my parents’ car. = (meervoud = +’)

What will we learn today?

How to use the possessive forms

Practise using them on the computer.

What are the possessive forms?

That is my computer. It’s mine.

That is your computer. It’s yours.

That is his computer. It’s his.

That is her computer. It’s hers.

That is our computer. It’s ours.

That is their computer. It’s theirs.

• I

• You

• He

• She

• We

• They

Now you try.

That is … house. It’s mine.

That is your football. It’s …...

That is his computer. It’s …...

That is …… bracelet. It’s hers.

That is our radio. It’s …….

That is their battery. It’s …….

• I

• You

• He

• She

• We

• They

my

yours

his

her

ours

theirs

Now try these exercises.

Word order game.

My, your, his and her

Which apostrophe?

What did we learn?

What the possessive forms are.