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Possessive s
Possessive s is used to show that something belongs to somebody or something. For
singular nouns add apostrophe + s (s) and for plural nouns add only apostrophe ().
The girls book (one girl)
The girls book (more than one girl)
The structure is influenced by the possessor.
Irregular Plurals
For nouns that have irregular plurals without s (child children) add apostrophe + s
(s) to the plural form.
Childrens ball
Womens clothes
Mens shoes
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Possessive adjectives are extremely important for learners of English. Words like
my, your, his, her, their and our belong among the most frequent ones in English. Thus,
you have to know them. Moreover, you have to learn them early to be able to understand
and
communicate
in
the
foreign
language.
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To help your students learn these super important words, Susan Brodar and I have
created this post. There is an awesome chant by Susan, a clear mind map with several
activities for your classroom, a quiz and a game. We are pretty sure that these activities
will make it easier for your students to remember the possessive adjectives in English.
This wonderful chant was created by Susan Brodar. She has published it on her
website http://bilingual-communications.weebly.com/. There are many wonderful
materials worth seeing, so do not hesitate and visit her site.
First, ask the students
to listen and then listen and repeat together with Susan.
Print out the following mind map and go through it with your students. If you teach a
monolingual class, ask the students to translate and retranslate the example sentences.
Another activity your students could do is to cover the end branches with a paper and
write the correct possessive adjective and their own example sentences.
You
can
download
the
full
image
here:
Possessive adjectives mind map
The following quiz can help your students practise the possessive adjectives either
at school or at home. The quiz consists of two parts. In the first part, students should
match the pronouns and possessive adjectives. In the second part, students have to put
the right possessive adjectives into the gaps. The students will be rewarded with a game
after each part of the quiz they pass. The quiz is in HTML5, so it will play on all
desktops
and
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The second game is called Teacher Invaders.
Students aim is to complete each sentence with the correct possessive adjective and
then shoot all the Invaders. Good luck. As the game is in Flash it will play only on
desktops.
Possessive adjectives Invaders You will find more chants and materials by Susan
Brodar here.
There are some wonderful materials by British Council here.
Forma
Il genitivo sassone (possessive case) si forma mettendo al primo posto il possessore,
senza
nessun
articolo
(determinativo)
seguito
da:
's se il nome singolare, anche se termina gi in -s: James's car
dal solo apostrofo ' se il nome plurale e termina in -s: Simpsons' car
's se il nome un plurale irregolare e non termina in -s: Children's room
E'
necessario
osservare
che:
Quando ci sono pi possessori della stessa cosa si aggiunge 's all'ultimo possessore se il
possesso condiviso: Ted and Julia's brother is taxi driver
Quando il possesso non condiviso dai possessori si aggiunge 's a tutti i
possessori: Jack's and Juliet's shoes
Per evitare una ripetizione, dopo il nome del possessore, la cosa posseduta pu essere
sottintesa:
Is
this
your
computer?
No,
It's
John's
Le parole come church, cathedral, shop, store house, bank, restaurant, ecc..., spesso
vengono
omesse
dopo
's:
Mike is at Joanna's (house)
Yesterday I ate at Tonino's (restaurant)
Uso
Il
genitivo
sassone
(possessive
case)
si
usa
con:
qualcuno)
The
dog's
kennel
(la
cuccia
del
cane)
Le
espressioni
di
tempo
e
di
spazio
Today's paper (Il giornale di oggi) ten mile's jaunt (Una escursione di 10 miglia)
Il
genitivo
sassone,
possessive
case,
non
si
usa
con:
i nomi di cose inanimate: the corner of the room (l'angolo della stanza);
quando "di" specifica una relazione tra persone e luoghi: The Prince of Wales (Il
Principe
di
Galles)
quando il nome del possessore seguito da una frase: She is the sister of the boy
who works in that cafe. (E' la sorella del ragazzo che lavora in quel bar)
Esistono delle espressioni che prevedono due casi di possesso (doppio genitivo
sassone). In questo caso si procede in senso inverso rispetto alla lingua italiana:
John's brother's car. La macchina del fratello di John
Doppio
Genitivo
Il doppio genitivo una costruzione che viene usata quando la cosa posseduta o la
persona con cui siamo in relazione preceduta da un articolo o da daltri determinativi. In
pratica
quando
sono
presenti
nella
frase
sia
of
sia
's:
Un cugino di Giovanni = a cousin of John's oppure one of John's cousin ma non a
John's
cousin
Alcune gonne di mia sorella= some skirts of my sister's oppure some of my sister's
skirts
ma non some my sister's skirts
vai
agli
esercizi
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mio
libro = sostantivo
aggettivo
possessivo
PERSONALI
SOGGETTO
AGGETTIVI
POSSESSIVI
PRONOMI
POSSESSIVI I io my mio, mia, miei,mie mine il mio, la mia,
i
miei,
le
mie
you
tu
your
tuo,
tua,
tuoi,
tue
yours
il
tuo,
la
tua,
i
tuoi,
le
tue
he
egli,
lui
his
suo,
sua,
suoi,
sue
(di
lui)
his
il
suo,
la
sua,
i
suoi,
le
sue
(di
lui)
she
ella,
lei
her
suo,
sua,
suoi,
sue
(di
lei)
hers
il
suo,
la
sua,
i
suoi,
le
sue
(di
lei)
it
esso,
essa
its
suo,
sua,
suoi,
sue
(della
cosa)
its*
il
suo,
la
sua,
i
suoi,
le
sue
(della
cosa)
we
noi
our
nostro,
nostra,
nostri,
nostre
ours
il
nostro,
la
nostra,
i
nostri,
le
nostre
you
voi
your
vostro,
vostra,
vostri,
vostre
yours
il
vostro,
la
vostra,
i
vostri,
le
vostre
they
essi,
esse,
loro
their
loro
theirs
il
loro,
la
loro,
i loro, le loro
* come pronome possessivo, in pratica, non usato
Gli aggettivi e pronomi possessivi di 3 persona singolare si riferiscono al
possessore
:
Esempi:
HIS
suo/sua/suoi/sue
di
lui,
riferito
persone
maschili.
Mark e suo padre Mark and his father Mark e sua madre Mark and his mother Mark e
i suoi amici Mark and his friends
mother
Un mio amico --> Un amico dei miei --> A friend of mine Marta e un suo amico
--> Marta e un amico dei suoi --> Martha and a friend of hers
1. ESERCIZIO SUGLI AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI BEGINNERS GB
Write
the
correct
possessive
adjective
for
each
sentence
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1)
I've
got
(he)
pen.
I've
got
his
pen.
2)
(she)
dog's
name
is
Bobby.
Her
dog's
name
is
Bobby.
3)
What's
(he)
name?
What's
his
name?
4)
5)
I've
never
met
(I)
brother's
girlfriend.
I've
never
met
my
brother's
girlfriend.
Have
you
met
(they)
new
teacher?
Have
you
met
their
new
teacher?
6)
I
like
(you)
shoes.
I
like
your
shoes.
7)
(I)
friends
go
to
the
cinema
on
Fridays.
My
friends
go
to
the
cinema
on
Fridays.
8)
She
didn't
want
to
go
to
she)
friend's
party.
She
didn't
want
to
go
to
her
friend's
party.
9)
They
celebrated
with
(they)
friends.
They
celebrated
with
their
friends.
10) The bird was suffering because one of (it) wings was broken.
The bird was suffering because one of its wings was broken.
2. SU AGGETTIVI E PRONOMI POSSESSIVI INTERMEDIATE GB
Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun in each sentence
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1) (they) house is bigger than (you).
Their
house
is
bigger
than
yours.
2)
Marys
bike
is
next
to
(he).
Marys
bike
is
next
to
his.
3)
I
dont
know
(she)
point
of
view
but
I
know
(my).
I
dont
know
her
point
of
view
but
I
know
mine.
4)
These
are
some
friends
of
(I).
These
are
some
friends
of
mine.
5)
Has
she
seen
(you)
new
car?
Has
she
seen
your
new
car?
6)
I
didnt
know
that
was
(he)
mother.
I
didnt
know
that
was
his
mother.
7)
I
think
this
is
(I)
bag.
Oh,
no,
its
(you).
I
think
this
is
my
bag.
Oh,
no,
its
yours.
8) They saw (I) aunt yesterday. She was with (she) friend Laura.
They saw my aunt yesterday. She was with her friend Laura.
9) Thomas bought some flowers for (she). It was (she) birthday.
Thomas bought some flowers for her. It was her birthday.
10)
(I)
cats
were
in
the
kitchen,
waiting
for
(they)
dinner.
was
working
in
competition
to
2)
Our
dog
3) Rose to hers
Rose
4)
5)
Is
6)
8)
Is
met
that
red
remember
that
they of
you
your
garden
our
when
dog
to
win
the
of went cinema
with
your
English
dictionary
mine
red
yours
Did
Is
7)
is
going
with the
Your
her
win
pen
his
they
is
friend
table
of hers
English
is
on
pen
that
is
mine
or
remember
its
that
yesterday. HERS
is
on
table.
or
yours?
did
his
car
HER
the.
competition.
OUR
a friend yesterday
you
called.
going
YOUR
that?
MINE,
YOURS
birthday?
birthday?
No,
hers?
your
car?
No,
its
hers.
my a friend sister with yesterday
YOUR,
hers who
HIS
HERS
was
Yesterday they met my sister who was with a friend of hers. MY, HERS
9)
ago
Ted
his
car
bought
two
months
10)
Ted
old
bought
mine
his
these
car
two
books
months
ago.
HIS
black
are
exercise
Personal
Adjectives
1. PERSONAL
ADJECTIVES
Pronouns,
PRONOUNS,
Possessive
Pronouns
and
Possessive
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS
AND
POSSESSIVE
3RD PLURAL 2ND PLURAL 1ST PLURAL 3RD SINGULAR (THING) 3RD SINGULAR
(FEMALE) 3RD SINGULAR (MALE) 2ND SINGULAR 1ST SINGULAR THEIR YOUR OUR
ITS HER HIS YOUR MY
7. THEIR THEIRS THEM THEY 3RD PLURAL YOUR YOURS YOU YOU 2ND PLURAL
OUR OURS US WE 1ST PLURAL ITS ITS IT IT 3RD SINGULAR (THING) HER HERS
HER SHE 3RD SINGULAR (FEMALE) HIS HIS HIM HE 3RD SINGULAR (MALE) YOUR
YOURS YOU YOU 2ND SINGULAR MY MINE ME I 1ST SINGULAR POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS OBJECT PERSONAL PRONOUNS SUBJECT
PERSONAL PRONOUNS PERSON
adjectives.
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