Whose is this?

It's

neiyoursihers etc.

--> rny -+ rnine -+ our -) oufs -+ your -+ yours -+ his --> his she -> her -+ hers they -+ their -+ theirs

It\

we you he

my money. Iri rnine. It's our money. It's ours. It's your money. It\ yours. It's his money. It's his. It's her money. Itt hers. Its their money. It's theirs.
(my hands / your book
e/c.):

We use

rnylyour

etc.

a txoun

o My hands are cold. o Is this your book? o Ann gave me her utnbtella. o lt's their problem, not our problem.
We use rnine,/youts etc. without a noun: o Is this book rnine or yours? (= my book or your book) o I didn't have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers. (: hs1 u4r6..1.; o -We Itt their problem, not ours. (= not our problem) a went in our car and they went in theirs. (= their car) You can use his ua th or without a nout: o 'Is this his camera or hers?' 'It's his.'

fiiend of mine / a ftiend of his / some friends ofyours err. a I went out to meet a friend of rnine. (rof'a fiiend of me') o Torn was with a ftiend of his. (not 'a friend of him') a Are those people ftiends of yours? (ror'ftiends ofyou')

Vhose ... ? . Vhose book

is this?

(:

Is it your book? his book? my book? erc.)

You can use whose w;th or without a noun:

a Vhose rnoney is this? l

vhose
is

i lts rrune' a lVhose shoes are these? I -, w-hose are these? I I neY re Jonn s' this?

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rnylhis/tleir

etc.

=,

@g

I/rnelmylmine

+ EEI

Ann's camera

/ hy brother's

car

+ EEg

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Finish the sentences with mine/yours etc

It's your money. It's ..gqu!'.9, 2 It's my bag. It's . ...... ...... 3 It's our car. It's 4 They're her shoes. They're
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their house.

Its

'

6 Thev're vour books. TheY're 7 Theiie my gla.:e'. fhe;'re 8 It's hi: coal. It: ..

a'"?

Choose the right word. are right It's their/+heitsproblem, not et:r/ours' their and ours 2 This is a nice camera ls it Your/vours?
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Thatt not nlylmine umbrella. My/Mine is black ^ 4 whor. book-, tlt.se? Your/Yours or nrY/mine? "r. this evening' 5 Catherine is going out with !9q!9p friends her/hers' Lhln is btgger 6 Mv,/Mine room n'rnre'' 7 Ti* u. no, two chillien bur I dont krow thctr'rheirs t' broken' Our'Ourr machine? wa.hjng 8 Crn'*. J,. vour
Finish these sentences. Use lriend(s) 0l mine/yours etc'
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o" naiday going out with a fiiend She's with some dinner 4 We had .. ... a. with tennis played 5 I
.

itl.y *.,r.

I went to the cinema with

a fo-af& pt ^^g' with some tt-q&: pt

.

+he*z

'

6 Tom is going to meet a .. ,ft.se people? 7

p. y."i"tl*

Are

they

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Look at the pictures. What are the people saying?

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