Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Forming the possessive

Hello, hello!
We're learning how to express possession. We can either use pronouns or adjectives:
Subject pronounObject pronounPossessive adjectivePossessive pronoun
Imemymine
youyouyouryours
hehimhishis
sheherherhers
ititits-
weusourours
theythemtheirtheirs
❗We use pronouns to avoid repetition when it is obvious what we are talking about.
              Is this your bike? > No, that one’s mine. (= my bike)
Learn and practise more about personal pronouns and possessives in Learn English
Here you have some online exercises to practise the use of possessive pronouns and adjectives:





Another way of denoting possession is through the genitive case:


Exercises on the use of the genitive case:





I hope you find these useful!
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