Possessive 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Possessive adjective

my/ your/ his/ her/its/our/their

to be		possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
I	am	my	mine
you	are	your	yours
he/ she/ it	is	his/her/its	his/hers/—-*
we	are	our	ours
you	are	your	yours
they	are	their	theirs

My friends (A1)

These are my friends. I am in the middle. On my right is Sophie and her boyfriend. On my left, in the red jumper, is Casper. He is married and his wife is next to him. His wife is my close friend. Her name is Anna. This is our group. We spend a lot of time together.

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Possessive pronoun

to be		possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
I	am	my	mine
you	are	your	yours
he/ she/ it	is	his/her/its	his/hers/—-*
we	are	our	ours
you	are	your	yours
they	are	their	theirs

Whose is it?

This is my father’s jumper. The jumper is my father’s. The jumper is his.

This is my mother’s house. The house is my mother’s. …………

This is my sister’s boyfriend. The boyfriend is my sister’s. …………

This is my son’s school. The school is my son’s. …………

This is my girlfriend’s house. The house is my girlfriend’s. …………

This is Marek and his family. Marek’s family is small. Marek has a wife and two children. Marek’s wife is a nurse. Her name is Joanna. Joanna is a very caring and professional nurse. Marek’s children are young. His son, Ben, is 6 years old. Ben is blond and looks like his mum. His daughter, Ela, has brown hair and looks like his dad. They are good kids. Marek’s family is happy. Marek doesn’t have many problems.

💡☟Grammar highlight

She’s a nurse = She is a nurse.

His wife’s name is…= her name is = possession