ishuat ves Bong euae _ Cea eer. pe ial: She i Stig at her desk. She is giving a file to her colleague, Samantha. The fies behind her are hers, Metarie's Boss asks her to update them every week | Bostessive Adjectives || Postessive Pronouns ae noone ot else YOUN uO te rp + Béth. povsedsive adjectives and possessive protiouns can be used to talk about ownership oF the’ relationship between people. Possessive adjectives are followed by nouns, whereas possessive pronouns are not, ‘2g. This is her bag. I's hers ‘© We normally use pos: of the body and clothes. e.g. Lucy twisted her ankle. He put on his jacket and his hat and lef We use the and not possessive adjectives with prepositional phrases mostly when we are tatking about things that happen to parts of people's bodies, for example blows, pains, etc. Verbs «usually used in this pattern are: hit, punch, siap, bite, touch, pat, sting, ete. ‘She pattod him on the shoulder adjectives with parts ‘noun + Of + my:your, ete. + own mysyour, ee. + own + naun 4. wish [had a room of my own. ‘OR J wish | had my own room Note: its = possessive adjective ‘89. The cari Teking its paw. it's = itis orit has 129. It's (tis) raining, I's (thas) got one room. ‘The possessive case can be used to talk about ownership ‘oF the relationship between people. It is formed in two ways: 1. with 6?"for people or animals 0% * singular nouns + 's e.g, Bob's dog * plural nouns ending in -s + e.g. my parents’ car ‘plural nouns not ending ins +'se.q the men's department ‘compound nouns + 's 6.9. my sistorinaw's farly © We use 's after the last of two or more names to ‘show common possession. ‘eg. dackie and George's camera. (The camera belongs to both of them, © We use “after each name to show individual possession:.a.g. Peter's and Mike's cameras. (Each ‘boy has his own camera) 2. with of for inanimat things ‘+ of + inanimate thing or abstract noun eg. the wheels of the car, the price of fame ‘+ afthoithisithat + noun + of + possessive ‘2g. She'sa colleague of mine. That friend of Pamela's sa doctor. Note: When we refer to a certain place or time, the possessive case i¢ formed as follows: © phrase of place (shop/homerbusiness, etc.) + 's 9. atthe chemist's (we mean the shop), at Susan's (house) * phrase showing length of timelspecific moment or 2g a year's savings/two hours’ criveltoday’s news * We can use either 's or of when we talk about places of organisations: 12g Rome's population OR the population of Rome 3p Connect the nouns using 1. husband/Sarah ...Sarah’s husband. 2. teacherithe childcen 3 coatsiSally and Jane 4. the Prime Minister/England S CDsimy sisters... 165