Possessive adj + pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

At the end of the lesson, you should:

• understand what possessive pronouns are

•  be able to use possessive pronouns

 

Learning targets

Explanation: Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives: 

1. Used to show that something belongs to someone.

2. Used before nouns.

This is my house!

He is her father.

I	you	he	she	it	we	they
my	your	his	her	its	our	their

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

Possessive pronoun
Lisa broke ___ left leg.

Possessive Pronouns

That ugly car is ... (van haar)

Possessive Pronouns

This is a friend of ______ (mij).

possessive pronouns
The dog is in ..... basket (zijn)

Possessive pronoun
Is he ___ teacher? (jouw)

Whose + 's

Whose = van wie

--> whose dog is that?

's = bezit

--> It is Jack's dog. 

--> It is James' dog

Possessive adjectives & pronouns

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