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1. Universidad MetropolitanaTítulo V Campus Possessive adjectives and pronouns Learning Zone - Inglés

2. Definition: • Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners or pronouns that modify a noun by attributing possession. Examples: • That is my car. • This is your car. • This is hernotebook. • This is his pencil. • These are their seats. • Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun or another pronoun. They are used to make a sentences less repetitive. Examples: • That car is mine. • The book is his. • The seats are ours. • The notebook is hers.

3. Examples: Adjectives and possessive adjectives… • The first sentence is written with adjectives: • Angela has long, straight, dark hair. • This second sentence has possessive adjectives: • My sister left her cell phone inside our dad’s car.

4. Examples: Nouns and pronouns… • Consider this first sentence that is written with nouns and pronouns: • Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave her a kiss when she was at his concert. • This second sentence is written only with nouns: • Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave Mary a kiss when Mary was at Ricky Martin’s concert.

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6. Practice: Choose the correct answer… • That is ours. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjective • His favorite book is “ Green eggs and Ham”. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjective

7. Practice: Continue… • These books are mine, not yours. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives • Brad is their son. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives

8. Practice: Continue… • The dog is biting its tail. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives • The dog could not find its squeaky toy. • Possessive pronoun • Possessive adjectives

9. Bibliography: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adjective • http://www.quia.com/ • http://www.uottawa.ca/ • http://www.wikipedia.org/

10. Prepared by: • Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza • Nirazette L. González Abella Back