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Possessives
Show who owns what using my/your/his/her/our/their and ’s.
1Learn
Goal: Show who owns what using my/your/his/her/our/their and ’s.
Possessive adjectives go before a noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their — “my phone, her bag”. For a person’s name, add ’s: “Ravi’s car”, “my mother’s house”. Possessive pronouns stand alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs — “This bag is mine.”
2Examples
This is my book.
That is Anu’s bike.name + ’s
Their house is big.
The bag is hers.Stands alone
Our school is in Kollam.
Whose phone is this? It’s mine.
3Common mistakes
This is the book of Ravi.
This is Ravi’s book. — use ’s for people
Its raining. / The dog wagged it’s tail.
It’s raining. / its tail — it’s = it is; its = belonging to it
This is me book.
This is my book.
4Practice quiz
Question 1 of 5Multiple choice
That is ___ car. (belongs to Ravi)
5Speaking challenge
Speaking challenge
Describe 6 things that belong to people in your family: “My father’s scooter is red…”.
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Say it out loud. Nobody is listening — that’s the point. Mistakes are allowed.