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.