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possessives: my, your etc This is m y coa t

/ my This is my coat.
you —► your That's your problem.
he his John's visiting his mother.
she —► her Ann looks like her brothers.
it — ► its The club has its meetings on Tuesdays.
we —> our Our friends Joe and Pat are staying with us.
they — ► their The children have spent all their money.
who? -► whose? Whose coat is this?

Possessives don't change for singular and plural.

our friend our friends (NOT ours friends)
Note how we use his and her: if a boy or man has something, we use his; if a girl or woman has
something, we use her.

I saw John and his sister yesterday. (NOT... Jehn-and-her sister...)
Mary and her brother are students. (NOT Mary and his brother...)
We often use possessives with parts of the body and clothes.
Phil has broken his arm. (NOT Phil has broken the arm.)
She stood there with her eyes closed and her hands in her pockets.

fa Put in the correct possessives.
► Would you like to wash ..... hands?

► We're taking ..?PS.r......... holiday in June.

1 Tina's lost...................keys.
2 Peter says...................... wife is ill.
3 .................car is that outside?
4 My bank has changed.................name.
5 I'm going to sell.................. motorbike.
6 My students have g o t............................ exam next week.

7 Stephen writes t o .................. girlfriend every day.
8 Maria lives w ith .................. father in Portugal.
9 Come in and take.................. coats off.
10 Robert broke.................. leg skiing last winter.
11 'What film did you see?' 'Sorry, I've forgotten .................. name.'
12 Elizabeth did well in .................. exams.

'Your loving son,'

188 PERSONAL PRONOUNS; POSSESSIVES