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Possession: Different Forms

This document discusses different forms of possession in English. It covers: 1) Possessive pronouns (e.g. mine, yours, his, hers) that can be used with or without nouns to indicate possession. 2) The Saxon genitive, which forms the possessive with an apostrophe + "s" (e.g. John's book). This is typically used with people while "of" is used to indicate possession of objects, places, etc. 3) Questions used to ask about possession, such as "Whose + noun" or "Whose + be".

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Possession: Different Forms

This document discusses different forms of possession in English. It covers: 1) Possessive pronouns (e.g. mine, yours, his, hers) that can be used with or without nouns to indicate possession. 2) The Saxon genitive, which forms the possessive with an apostrophe + "s" (e.g. John's book). This is typically used with people while "of" is used to indicate possession of objects, places, etc. 3) Questions used to ask about possession, such as "Whose + noun" or "Whose + be".

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POSSESSION

DIFFERENT FORMS
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS + NOUNS:
*Pay attention to the form of the nouns; we can use the possessive pronouns with singular and plural nouns, but they
never change. They don’t have plural form because they are considered adjectives. The possessive pronoun shows a
relation with the possessor, not with the noun in the case of gender (= género).

1st , singular
1st, plural
2nd, singular
3rd singular, male
3rd singular female
3rd plural
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS WITHOUT NOUNS:
We use mine/yours/his/ hers, etc. without a noun:
Is this book mine or yours?
I didn’t have an umbrella, so Helen gave me hers.
It’s their problem, not yours.
We went in our car, and they went in theirs.
Is this his camera or hers? It’s his.
We can also use them in the following structure:
I went out to meet a friend of mine. 1st , singular
1st, plural
Tom was in the restaurant with a friend of his. 2nd, singular
Are those people Friends of yours? 3rd singular, male
3rd singular female
Finally, to ask about possession we use the following questions: 3rd plural

Whose + noun + be + this/these/that/those?


Whose money is this? It’s mine.
Whose + be + this/these/ that/ those?
Whose is this? They’re John’s*
SAXON GENITIVE:

We normally use -‘S for people: You can use –’s without a noun after it:

• I stayed at my sister’s house.


• Sophie’s hair is longer tan Kate’s.
• Have you met Mr Black’s wife?
• Whose umbrella is this? It’s my mother’s.
• Are you going to James’s party?
• Where were you last night? I was at Paul’s.
• Paul is a man’s name. Paula is a woman’s name.
SAXON GENITIVE:
-‘S after singular noun: -’ after plural nouns:

• My mother’s car
• My parents’ car.
• My father’s car.
USING “OF”:

We use “of” for things, places, etc…:

• Look at the roof of that building.


• We didn’t see the beginning of the film.
• What’s the name of this village?
• Do you know the cause of the problem?
• You can sit in the back of the car.
• Madrid is the capital of Spain.

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