DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Is this your purse? 📘
• D: Yes, it is mine. Did you find a key also? 📘
• K: Yes, is it yours? 📘
• D: Yes, it is mine. 📘

 

NEW SKILL

Using possessive pronouns. 📘

 

Possessive pronouns are used in English so you don’t have to repeat information that is already known. It usually makes the sentence less confusing. 📘

 

Pronouns

Subject	Possessive
I	Mine
You	Yours
He	His
She	Hers
It	Its
We	Ours
You (pl)	Yours
They	Theirs

Examples:

• These keys are my keys. These keys are mine.
• This backpack is your backpack. This backpack is yours.
• That purse is her purse. That purse is hers.
• This flashlight is our flashlight. This flashlight is ours.
• This camera is their camera. This camera is theirs.

 

Using the articles a and an. 📘

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with the correct possessive pronoun. 📘

• Do these keys belong to you? Yes, they are mine.
• She has a ring. It is _______.
• Is this our flashlight? No, it is not _______.
• This is their camera. The camera is ________.
• The suitcase belongs to me. It is _________.

 

Fill in the first blank with a personal item from the vocabulary list. Fill in the second blank with the correct possessive pronoun. 📘

• The hat belongs to him. It is his.
• The ____________ belongs to them. It is _________.
• The ____________ belongs to us. It is ___________.
• The ____________ belongs to you. It is __________.
• The ____________ belongs to her. It is ___________.

 

Rewrite the sentence using a or an or leave it blank. 📘

• She has two _______ purses. She has two purses.
• You and I have _______ sunglasses. ___________________________.
• He has ______ backpack. _______________________.
• They have _______ camera. _____________________.
• You have ______ umbrella. ____________________.

 

Say what the personal item is in the picture. Use “It is/they are ___________.” Make sure to use a or an or nothing. 📘

 

Discussion Questions

• Describe the things you have in your closet.
• What do you usually have in your pockets? Purse?
• Do you have anything in your home that isn’t yours? What?
• What would you bring on a trip?
• What things could you not live without?

 

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