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 <html><p><img height="123" id="582" style="width: 147px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/582_cab626316124b79e7be62c94d5bcb2a2.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is my yoghurt. This yoghurt is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">mine</span>.</span></b>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong></span></span>&nbsp;<br></p></html> <html><p><img height="123" id="582" style="width: 147px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/582_cab626316124b79e7be62c94d5bcb2a2.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is my yoghurt. This yoghurt is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">mine</span>.</span></b>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong></span></span>&nbsp;<br></p></html>
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-<html><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;<span><strong>We use a p<span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>ossessive pronoun</span></strong> <span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>instead of</strong></span> <strong>a noun to indicate possession.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span><strong></strong></span>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>This file is Sophie's. This file is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hers</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></strong></span></span><br>&nbsp;</p></html>+<html><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;<span><strong><br>We use a p<span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>ossessive pronoun</span></strong> <span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>instead of</strong></span> <strong>a noun to indicate possession.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span><strong></strong></span>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>This file is Sophie's. This file is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hers</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></strong></span></span><br>&nbsp;</p></html>
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 <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We use an apostrophe with a noun to indicate possession but <u>never</u> with a pronoun. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="234" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is Sue's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="177" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 132.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hers</span>.&nbsp; </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img height="13" id="39" style="width: 15px; height: 13px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg">&nbsp;</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is her's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="23" id="40" style="width: 17px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="234" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="177" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 132.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><br></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We use an apostrophe with a noun to indicate possession but <u>never</u> with a pronoun. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="234" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is Sue's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="177" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 132.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hers</span>.&nbsp; </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img height="13" id="39" style="width: 15px; height: 13px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg">&nbsp;</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is her's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="23" id="40" style="width: 17px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="234" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></td> <td width="177" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 132.55pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; 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