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2 My School, My Life

Grammar 1 Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns

Use: Use:
Use possessive adjectives when someone owns Don’t use possessive pronouns before a noun.
something. This house is mine.
Use possessive adjectives before a noun. Is this coat yours?
This is my house. Are these cups of coffee ours?
What is your name?
That’s his car. Form: Possessive pronouns

Form: Possessive adjectives I mine

I my you yours
you your he his

he his she hers

she her we ours
it its they theirs

we our
• For names and nouns, possessive adjectives
they their
are the same as possessive pronouns.
• Use an apostrophe with names and nouns. That’s Michael’s car.
John John’s That car is Michael’s.
The man The man’s
These are my daughters’ clothes.
• For two names or nouns, only write ’s on the second These clothes are my daughters’.
noun.
John and Kate John and Kate’s
The man and woman The man and woman’s

Correct the sentences.
• Don’t use ’s after things. Use of the .
the chair’s back the back of the chair 1. This lunch box is my.
2. That house is Joe’s and Mandy’s.
• For plural nouns, write an apostrophe after the s. 3. They aren’t their books. They’re their!
The students The students’

• For irregular plurals (not ending with s), add ’s as
usual.
The men The men’s
The children The children’s

Correct the sentences.

1. This is my aunt and his son.
2. These are my two brother’s bedrooms.
3. The cookies are on the cupboard’s top.

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