Possessive adj + pronouns

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My bag	That bag is mine .
Your dog	Is that dog yours ?
His CDs	Those CDs are his .
Her coat	This coat is hers .
Its legs	The cat stretches its legs.
Our laptop	You can borrow ours .
Their friends	They are 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 Adjectives

1. Used to show that something belongs to someone.

2. Used before nouns.

This is my book!

That is her bag.

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

Match the correct personal pronoun to the possessive adjective

his

my

her

their

your

our

its

I

you

he

she 

we

they

it

Now write down 2 different sentences with a possessive adjective! 

You work alone and you have 3 minutes

Example: This is her house.

Now check your neighbours work!

Check eachothers work.

You have 1 minute

Write your best sentence here.

Possessive Pronouns

1. Used to show that something belongs to someone.

2. Used after nouns.

This is book is mine!

That  bag is hers.

I	you	he	she	it	we	they
mine	yours	his	hers	its	ours	theirs

Match the correct personal pronoun to the possessive adjective

his

mine

hers

theirs

yours

ours

its

I

you

he

she 

we

they

it

Now write down 2 sentences with a possessive pronoun! 

You work alone & you have 3 minutes

Example: This house is hers.

Now check your neighbours work!

Check eachothers work.

You have 1 minute

Write your best sentence here.

Possessive adjectives & pronouns

Gebruiken we om bezit aan te geven.

That is my book. (adjective)       

That book is mine. (pronoun)    

Possessive adjectives & pronouns

Een possessive adjective komt altijd vóór het zelfstandig naamwoord en een possessive pronoun komt er altijd ná.

That is my book. (adjective)       

That book is mine. (pronoun)    

Answer the following questions

Lisa broke ______ left leg.

That car is _______(van haar)

This is a friend of ____(van mij).

The dog is in ___________basket.

Is he _________ teacher? (jouw)

Helen and Ingrid are twins.
_____ birthday is in October.

1. They
2. Them
3. Their
4. Theirs

This isn't your book. It's _____.

1. my
2. mine
3. from my
4. from mine

You have a dog. It's _____ dog.

1. you
2. yours
3. you's
4. your

I'm not afraid of the tiger because it's in _____ cage.

1. its
2. it's
3. his
4. her

This is not our cat. _____ is red.

1. We
2. Our
3. Ours
4. Us

Is this Emily's room? Yes, it's _____.

This is John's pen.
It's _____ pen.

This isn't your pen.
It's _____.

We have a dog. It's _____ dog.

That's their house. The house is _____.

See that dog? _____ tail is long.

I have a laptop. It's _____ laptop.

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Write down the possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns you have learned!