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SEMANA 14

INGLÉS SEMESTRAL UNI

POSSESSIVE

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

We use possessive adjectives: • to show something belongs to somebody:

That’s our house. My car is ver y old.

• for relations and friends:

My mother is a doctor. How old is your sister?

• for parts of the body:

He’s broken his arm. She’s washing her hair. I need to clean my teeth.

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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a noun phrase:

We can use possessive pronouns after of. We can say:

Susan is one of my friends. or

Susan is a friend of mine. but not

Susan is a friend of me or

I am one of Susan’s friends. or

I am a friend of Susan’s. but not

I am a friend of Susan

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DEMONSTRATIVES

Demonstrative pronouns, Demonstrative adjectives A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun used to point something out. The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these and those.

This vs. that

The singular demonstrative pronouns are this and that.

This is used to point out something near to the speaker in space or time:

•

I brought this from home.

That indicates something more distant:

•

My memor y stick? I forgot that at home.

These and those

The demonstrative pronouns have plural forms, used to replace a plural noun. The plural of this is these:

•

I’ll take these. They ’re perfect!

The plural of that is those:

•

Those are chameleons.

Demonstrative adjectives

The demonstrative pronouns ca

•

This house is my grandmo

•

That car belongs to Joe.

•

I’ll take these sandals.

•

Those chameleons look a little off

ced before a noun:

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Tip: Avoid using the redundant phrase

rative pronoun these or

those.

THERE IS – THERE ARE We use there is / there are to say that something exists.

1. Use of there is, there are in sentences and questions

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2. Contracted forms of there is, there are

•

Contactions are only possibe from there is – there’s

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The form there’re is not used.

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Do not form contracted for ms in questions with is there/are there.

EXERCISES

1. My sister bought that new car last week. That car is ________

A) his B) hers C) her D) my E) your

2. The blue car isn’t my sister ’s car. The green one is ______ car.

A) her B) she C) hers D) ours E) mine

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3. Excuse me. Have you seen _____ cell phone? I lost it.

A) me B) mine C) hers D) my E) yours

4. That dog belongs to my neighbor. It’s ____ dog.

A) our B) their C) mine D) its E) his

5. I don’t think that sandwich is mine. I think it’s ____

A) her B) yours C) their D) my E) your

6. It’s not theirs, it’s ______. We bought it yesterday.

A) our B) them C) ours D) my E) your

7. Look at ______ birds up the

A) this B) these C) those D) that E) one

8. Are ________ your books over there on the table?

A) these B) those C) this D) that E) the

9. My umbrella is right here. ____ is my umbrella.

A) That B) The C) This D) These E) Those

10. _______ many people standing outside the movie theater.

A) There is B) There C) There are D) The E) Those

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11. There ______ a small cat playing with some toys.

A) are B) have C) be D) this E) is

12. A: How many cups ________? B: There are two cups.

A) are there B) there are C) there is D) there E) is there

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