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6 KEY LANGUAGE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Possessive adjectives tell
you who something
belongs to. Use them to
Subject pronoun .
Yes. Tamsin takes her
Possessive adjective
means the work
belongs to Tamsin .
talk about colleagues,
She looks busy.
work, or competitors.
work very seriously.
13.7 FURTHER EXAMPLES POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Your team is so hardworking.
. . Pablo is talking to his manager. TII "W-
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My staff is very motivated. f• Til
13.8 HOW TO FORM POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
SUBJECT PRONOUN you he she it we they
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
'
my your his her its our their
13.9 FILL IN THE GAPS BY TURNING THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS INTO
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Sophia is so efficient. - - 'H ""'r__ {She) desk is always very well organized.
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0 Two of the people on _ _ _ _ (I) team are new to the company, but they're settling in well.
0 ____ (They) manager is very good with people. They enjoy working with him .
Q The company is very proud of _ _ _ _ (it) reputation and quality products.
0 Is this _ _ _ _ (you) phone? It doesn't belong to me but I found it on my desk.
so
13.10 KEY LANGUAGE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS "Mine" sounds more natural
than "my design."
Use possessive pronouns to refer
back to your achievements or the
Is that design yours? Yes, it's mine.
things you own. If you use the
possessive pronoun, don't repeat It looks great! I'm very proud of it.
the noun phrase in the question. • •
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13.11 HOW TO FORM POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE my your his her its our their
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN mine yours his hers its ours theirs
Tom’s dog is beautiful, mine is ugly.
Tom’s dog is beautiful, my dog is ugly.
13.12 CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE
This laptop is-their I theirs. 8 Our I Ours clients expect excellent service.
0 We hate their product but we love our I ours. 0 This isn't her desk. It's my I mine.
0 They are proud of their I theirs project. f) This is amazing. Is it her I hers project?
13.13 WRITE EACH SENTENCE IN ITS OTHER FORM
c This is my computer. This lOwtputer is wti11.e-.
0 I think these files are yours.
0 Is this his desk?
e These pens are hers.
lo Are those their products?
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13.14 KEY LANGUAGE POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE
Add an apostrophe and
r Apostrophe with an "s"
signifies ownership.
the letter "s" to the end of a
singular noun to show that
Jeremy is PP line manager.
what comes after the noun LJeremy is the line manager of Pepe.]
belongs to it.
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Add an apostrophe with
no "s" to plural nouns.
To show belonging with
a plural noun, just add an Jeremy is my "
Ii ne manager. I\ "
apostrophe after the "s."
LJeremy is the line manager of multiple people.]
13.15 A COMMON MISTAKES POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE
Never use an apostrophe
and "s" after a plural noun
in a statement which does
r "Colleagues" is a plural noun, but it
does not refer to possession here.
not express possession.
My colleagu are late. 0
My olleagt are late. O My lleagu are late. O
Don 't use an apostrophe because
"late" doesn't belong to "colleagues."
13.16 REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS
r Jasr assistant often works late. Q This big room is my office.
j_&'! :[O,,,;s &'!ssi.st&'!'f'1/ Jfte;v1, works j
0 The er work really hard. G All the b ss have parking spaces.
8 All the team !mbE r are intelligent. 0 The best thing about this product is strength.
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13.17 REWRITE THE HIGHLIGHTED PHRASES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS I
D D
Performance Review:
Performance Review:
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Jorge Perez Maria Moran
Maria does not seem to be very happy at work at the moment.
Jorge is very hardworking and he confidence has grown since
She progress is s ow and she has not completed a single project
his joined the company last summer. He writes excellent
yet. Her main problem is that she has difficu1t1·es worki ng as part
reports and is polite and friendly with co-workers and
of a team. Co-workers complain that Maria impatient is and also
customers. Jorges su ervisor believes that he will be promoted
unfriendly. This is a shame as she is obviously intelligent very.
soon and will have an excellent future in the company. We are
We hope that Maria will begin to see how important it is to
very pleased with his work and continued progress here.
be a good team player.
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Gis c.oefidevice l-uirs qrow11.- e
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13.18 USE THE CHART TO CREATE 14 CORRECT SENTENCES
AND SAY THEM OUT LOUD
I Yo/,{. my
«.)
You
We
Katy
are
is
my
Sam's
very
really
manager.
assistant.
organized.
o0 Possessive adjectives D Aa Personality traits D tlJ. Describing your co-workers D
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