Possesive pronouns

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Goal

- Je weet wat 'possessive pronouns' zijn

- Je kan de 'possessive pronouns' gebruiken in een zin.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessives often tell us who things belong to 

or a relationship between two people/things

His birthday is two days after mine. 

That's my diary.

Isn't that your brother?

Personal and Possessive Pronouns

This is for me	This is my school.
This is for you	This is your school.
This is for him	This is his school.
This is for her	This is her school.
This is for us	This is our school.
This is for them	This is their school.

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

I

You

He

She

It

We

They

Our

Her

Its

My

Their

His

Your

Opdracht

Personal and possessive pronouns

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Peter has a car. It's ... car.

1. my
2. your
3. his
4. her

You have a house. It's ... house

1. my
2. your
3. his
4. its

We have a dog. It's ... dog.

1. my
2. your
3. their
4. our

They have a cat. It's ... cat

1. our
2. my
3. their
4. your

I have a laptop. It's ... laptop

1. your
2. their
3. our
4. my

Chad and Mike have a sister.
It's ... sister

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

Fred and I have a bike.
It's ... bike

1. my
2. our
3. their
4. his