possessives and
possessive pronouns by Ella Seltzer
for 7th grade review or
4th/5th grade introduction
This is the house of the Cohen
family......let's look inside..
the Cohen family
here are the rooms in the
house.......
living room
master
bedroom
Chana’s
room
Moshe's room
dad's
office
mum's
studio
this is mum and dad's
bedroom.....
This is mum and dad’s
bedroom
this is Moshe's bedroom....
this is Moshe's……......
bedroom
this is Chana's bedroom.....
this is dad's office....
this is dad's …………
office
and this is mom's studio....
(read again and finish the last phrase;)
Chana's room
Moshe's room
mom's studio
and dad...................
dad's office
now can you tell me the
rule?
dad's office - what's the
rule?
dad+'s office
Moshe+ 's bedroom
mum+'s studio
also in plural...
mum and dad+'s room
this is Chana's bedroom.....
or we can say.....
this bedroom is Chana's.
this is mum and dad's
bedroom.....
this bedroom is ...................................
Or....this bedroom is mum
and dad's
This is Moshe's bedroom....
This bedroom is Moshe's.
and what about pronouns?
How do we make pronouns
possessive?
and this is mom's studio....
Whose studio is it?
the studio is mom's
OR.......
the studio is hers.
possessive
pronoun
whose bedroom is it?
The bedroom is Moshe's.
or.....
The bedroom is his.
Is that
your
house?
Yes,
that's
my
house
.
What are the possessive
pronouns that the boys are
using?
My house.
The house is mine.
Your house.
The house is yours.
Whose bedroom is it?
The bedroom is mum
and dad's.
This bedroom is
theirs.
go through it again using
pronouns (his/hers/their).....
(Moshe's bedroom)
This is .................. bedroom
(Chani's bedroom)
This is ..................bedroom.
(Mom's studio)
This is ...................studio.
Mom and dad's bedroom
This is ..................bedroom.
This is his bedroom.
This is her bedroom.
Moshe's bedroom)
This is his bedroom
(Chana's bedroom)
This is her bedroom.
(Mom's studio)
This is her studio.
Mom and dad's bedroom
This is their bedroom.
The Cohen family say......
is the Cohen house like
your
Is the Cohen house
like your house?
let's go through the rules
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
house
the rules
I = my
you = your
he = his
she = her
it = its
they = their
we = our
house
or...
ours
The
mine
hers
house
yours
theirs
is
his/its
ours
let's try.....
Liroy and Tami's TV.
.................. TV
The TV is .........................
Mine and Anat's dog.
...................dog
The dog is ..................
David's ball.
................. ball.
The ball is .......................
let's try.....
Liroy and Tami's TV.
.
Mine and Anat's dog.
David's ball.
Their TV
The TV is theirs.
Our dog.
The dog is ours.
His ball.
The ball is his.
let's try.....
The phone belongs to me.
.
.
The cup belongs to you.
The office belongs to us.
This is my phone
The phone is mine.
This is your cup.
The cup is yours.
This is our office..
The office is
ours.
let's do more! Dad has a new book.
This is .............. new book.
This new book is.................
We have a plasma TV.
This is .................. plasma TV
The plasma TV is ..................
They have a grey car.
The grey car is.................
You have a black backpack.
The black backpack is..............
Can you guess these?
This is our flag.
This is his hat. The hat is
his.
The classroom is theirs.
This is their classroom.