Possessive Nouns and Possessive Adjectives;Questions with Whose

Don’t Leave Your Bags Unattended

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Focus on Grammar 2 Part IV, Unit 12By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ WellsCopyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Whose Bag is This?

That bag is too cheap and old. It’s probably hishis bag.

It’s not our bag. Maybe it’s her

bag.

Excuse me, whosewhose bag is this?

Please, you must be joking. That’s

not my bag.

Huh? MyMy bag? That looks too

nice to be mymy bag. Oh, I know. I think

that’s Al’sAl’s bag.

Hey, where’s mymy bag?

That is John’sJohn’ssuitcase.

That is hishissuitcase.

Possessive Nouns and Adjectives

Possessive nouns and possessive adjectives show belonging.

That is George’sGeorge’s

ticket.

Singular Possessive NounsAdd an apostrophe (’) + s to a singular noun to show possession.

Those are the

Jones’’tickets.

Plural Possessive NounsAdd an apostrophe (’) to a plural noun ending to show possession.

That’s Lee’s fishing pole.That’s hishis fishing pole.

That’s Tim and Sue’s luggage.

That’s theirtheir luggage.

Possessive Adjectives

PossessiveNouns

PossessiveNoun

PossessiveAdjective

PossessiveAdjective

Possessive adjectives replace possessive nouns.

Subject Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

mymyyouryourhishisherheritsitsourour

theirtheir

Iyouhe

sheit

wethey

Form

Practice 1

Example: Mrs. Santos is Lia’sLia’s teacher.Mrs. Santos is herher teacher.

1. Roger and Susan’sRoger and Susan’s backpacks are in the car.

2. The dog’sThe dog’s name is Duke.

3. Sam’s and my suitcaseSam’s and my suitcase is lost.

TheirTheir backpacks are in the car.

ItsIts name is Duke.

OurOur suitcase is lost.

Replace the possessive nouns with possessive adjectives.

Be Careful!

isa little strange.

unsure.

Bob’s luggageBob’s luggage

Carol’sCarol’s S

S

A noun + apostrophe (’) + s doesn’t always mean possession. Don’t confuse possessive nouns with subjects + verbs.

V

V

Practice 2

1. The boys’ room is messy.

2. Lisa’s a science major.

3. Bob’s truck is new.

S V

S V

S V

S V

Identify the subjects and verbs in the sentences.

Example: Its name is Poppy.

chicken is this?

That’s not mymy chicken.

WhoseWhose

Questions with Whose

Use whose for questions about possession.

the woman in the pink dress?

Be Careful!

Don’t confuse whose with who’s.

luggage is this anyway?

Who’sWho’s

WhoseWhose

Possessive

Who isWho is

WhoseWhose

Practice 3

Example: __________ the pilot of this airplane?Who’sWho’s

1. __________ seat is this?

2. __________ your travel agent?

3. __________ tickets are these?

WhoseWhose

Who’sWho’s

WhoseWhose

4. __________ the security officer?Who’sWho’s

5. __________ bag is on the floor?WhoseWhose

Complete the sentences with whose or who’s.

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