Possessive determiners

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GRAMMAR

LANGUAGEBeginner A1_1033G_EN English

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■ Learn the forms and meanings of possessive determiners

■ Practise talking about what you and others own

Goals

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My house is your house.

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Personal pronoun Possessive determiner

I my

you your

he his

she her

we our

they their

■ The possessive determiners, sometimes also called possessive adjectives, are listed below on the right.

■ This table shows how possessive determiners relate to personal pronouns:

Possessive determiners

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your

Complete the dialogue

Hi! _______________ name is Claire. This is a picture of my son.

His name is John. _______________ ten years old.

How old are _______________?

_______________ are beautiful children!

What is _______________ name?

I have two daughters. _______________names are Louise and Jenny.

Louise is eight years old and _______________ little sister Jenny is five.

his

My

Her

His

He’s

They

Their

my

her

we

they

our

Their

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a. his name is Larry.

b. their names are Josh and Harry.

c. our son is twelve and our daughter is nine.

Match the sentence halves

1. I have two grandchildren…

2. He is my uncle…

3. We have two children…

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Find the match

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Use a possessive determiner before a noun to talk about family or something you own.

Form of possessive determiners

Possessive determiner Noun Example

my family There are six people in my family.

your relation She is your relation.

his parents They are his parents.

her car That is her car.

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A B C D

1. They are his grandparents.

2. This is my teacher.

3. This is her daughter.

4. They are their children.

Match the pictures to the sentences

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1. They have a big family. _______________ are young.

2. _______________ is on the coast. We have a big garden.

3. He has two children. _______________ daughter’s name is Paula.

4. _______________ wife is a doctor. We live in the city.

Choose the correct answer

a. Their children b. Her children

a. Your house b. Our house

a. Her b. His

a. My b. Our

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They have a big family.

She has old grandparents.

I have a young baby.

Change the sentence to use a possessive determiner

Their family is big.

He has a big car.

They have an old tractor.

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Talk about this picture.Use possessive determiners.

Practice

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Write to your friend and try to include as many possessive determiners as possible.

Dear…

My new bike is blue…

Your dad is a good cook…

Their house is big…

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my your

her our

Write sentences to include each of the possessive determiners below.

his

their

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Make sentences with the possessive determiners and nouns below.

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Spelling in pairs

How do you spell family?

■ Think of 3 words from the lesson.■ Ask your classmates or your teacher to spell the words.

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Go back to the second slide of the lesson and checkif you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

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Reflect on the goals

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Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

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–– If you have time, go over the most difficult slides again

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Reflect on this lesson

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Exercise p. 5My –his –He’s –Their –they –her –They

Exercise p. 61.b –2.a –3. c

Exercise p. 7I (my) –he (his) –she (her) –we (our) –they (their)

Exercise p. 91.C –2.A –3. D –4. B

Exercise p. 101.a –2.b –3. b –4. a

Exercise p. 112.Her grandparents are old. –3. My baby is young. 4. –His car is big. 5. Their tractor is old.

Answer key

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Homework

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Complete the table

you

_______________

he

_______________

they

I

_______________

her

_______________

our

_______________

my

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Go back to the text on page 3and find examples of

the grammar topic of this lesson in it.Write them down.

Text at the beginning

Copy parts of the text

that are examples of

topic of the lesson.

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Find the verbs

Verbs

Find the verbs in this lesson and write them down.Which are new? Do you know all of them?

Look these words up.

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Choose five sentences from this lesson.Copy them and write them about you and a friend.

Sentences in the first person plural

Examples:

I don’t understand

→ My friend Maria and I don’t understand.

He has a book

→ We have a book

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Is the grammar topic of this lesson…easy or difficult?

Write down what is difficult for you and what is easy.

Easy or difficult?

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Homework answer key

Exercise p. 18your –she –his –we -their

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Foliennummer 1GoalsFoliennummer 3Possessive determinersComplete the dialogueMatch the sentence halvesFind the matchForm of possessive determinersMatch the pictures to the sentencesChoose the correct answerChange the sentence to use a possessive determinerPracticeDear… Write sentences to include each of the possessive determiners below.Make sentences with the possessive determiners and nouns below.Spelling in pairsFoliennummer 17Foliennummer 18Answer keyFoliennummer 20Complete the tableText at the beginningFind the verbsSentences in the first person pluralEasy or difficult?Homework answer keyFoliennummer 27