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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Possessive adjectives====== =====Introduction===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></P> <P style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt"> <IMG id=72 style="HEIGHT: 122px; WIDTH: 161px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/72_f9a9cdbc49400d5f98b9db5cac86136c.jpg" height=143> <B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">I am Mary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">My</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">name is Mary.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><BR> </P></html> =====Definition===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>Possessive</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> adjectives are for possession.</SPAN></B><BR><BR><BR></P></html> =====Construction===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>Personal pronoun<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Possessive adjective</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none" class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>I</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>my</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>you</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>your</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>he</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>his</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>she</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>her</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>it</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>its</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>we</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>our</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 6"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 104.65pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=140> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>they</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 106.3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=142> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#000099>their</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </P></SPAN></SPAN></B></html> =====Uses===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The possessive adjective is in relation to the <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">possessor</SPAN>.</SPAN></B> <B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><IMG id=31 style="HEIGHT: 125px; WIDTH: 115px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/31_0571489250532da0c2176e6ab1010417.jpg" height=150><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This is Jeremy. <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">His</SPAN> mother is a teacher and <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">his</SPAN> father is an engineer.</SPAN></B> </P> <P><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><IMG id=44 style="HEIGHT: 85px; WIDTH: 115px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/44_f46e637a8a2da36cb8df7477fe303daa.jpg" height=104> <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This is Sophie. <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Her</SPAN> mother is Dutch and <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">her</SPAN> father is French.</SPAN></P> <P><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN></B> </P></SPAN></B> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><BR><BR> </P></html> =====Examples===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"><IMG id=74 style="HEIGHT: 142px; WIDTH: 108px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/74_396cbbd7bf861c164d3f2e3a12866989.jpg" height=160> Hello<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">My</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN>name is John Brown. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN>name is Sophie Williams. </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><IMG id=46 style="HEIGHT: 101px; WIDTH: 124px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/46_3e9c9d46ee3a2dedb45635645aff43b3.jpg" height=112><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> Welcome to the Paris Central Hotel</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>. </FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Your</SPAN> rooms are ready.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><IMG id=5 style="HEIGHT: 83px; WIDTH: 124px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/5_d40876f79d495f84896820e846bcbf7a.jpg" height=96> Hans is happy. It is <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">his</SPAN> birthday. He is with <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">his</SPAN> friends Karen and Tia.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><IMG id=48 style="HEIGHT: 133px; WIDTH: 118px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/48_43a169fdf313129ea6969017722fd28a.jpg" height=150> </SPAN>She is a scientist. <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Her </SPAN>job is interesting.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><IMG id=49 style="HEIGHT: 145px; WIDTH: 118px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/49_eb02bc8b0e552697863531a607322388.jpg" height=170><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This is <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">my</SPAN> apartment.<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Its</SPAN> windows are big and<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> its</SPAN> walls are white.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><IMG id=62 style="HEIGHT: 93px; WIDTH: 137px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/62_5833d3bc9f7bd65d2264b31660aca054.jpg" height=103> <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We are in the sales department. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Our </SPAN>office is in Paris.</SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN></B> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: dimgray"></SPAN></P> <P style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: dimgray"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><IMG id=6 style="HEIGHT: 153px; WIDTH: 115px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/6_509d9220e524d3337a0ad8cf1b2c14db.jpg" height=164> </SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Samantha, Robert and Olivier are architects<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Their</SPAN> office is in Lisbon. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN></B><BR> </P></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]