possessive pronouns

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Possessive pronouns

Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

• geven bezit aan
  
• worden dus gebruikt om aan te geven dat iets van iemand is

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Possessive pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

My birthday	His birthday is after mine .
Your dog	Is that dog yours ?
His CDs	Those CDs are his .
Her money	The money is all hers .
Its legs	Difference between its and it's
Our laptop	You can borrow ours .
Their friends	They introduced some friends of theirs .

We use the first row with possessive pronouns at the beginning of a noun phrase.

We use the second row without a noun following:

That is my coat. (coat is a noun)

That coat is mine. (no noun following)

The meaning is similar, but the words that follow (or don't) are different

Kies de juiste vorm:
I forgot ... book.

1. my
2. mine
3. we
4. ours

Kies de juiste vorm:
This is Amy, she's a friend of ......

1. me
2. your
3. mine
4. my

Kies de juiste vorm:
These bikes are ..... .

1. we
2. us
3. our
4. ours

Susan and Mike are twins.
____ birthday is in May

1. they
2. their
3. her
4. his

She has a book.
It is ___ book.

1. her
2. his
3. she
4. its

We are called Smith.
____ last name is Smith.

1. we
2. us
3. your
4. our

Possessive Pronouns

I like ____ sweater.

That is ____ car.

Watch ____ head!

their

his

your

Match the correct pronoun to the possessive (bezittelijk) form

his

my

her

their

your

our

its

I

you

he

she 

we

they

it

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