UNIT 3GOING PLACES

POSSESSION POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES We use possessive adjectives to show

who owns or "possesses" something. The possessive adjectives are:

my, your, his, her, its, our, their whose (interrogative)

Compare: your = possessive adjective

you're = you are its = possessive adjective

it's = it is OR it has their = possessive adjective

they're = they arethere = adverb (I'm not going there / look over there / there is a car outside)

whose = possessive adjectivewho's = who is OR who has

Be careful! There is no apostrophe (') in the possessive adjective "its". We use an apostrophe to write the short form of "it is" or "it has". For example:it's raining = it is rainingit's finished = it has finished

I'm taking my dog to the vet. It's broken its leg.

Possessive Pronouns We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific

person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things).

We use possessive pronouns depending on: number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours) person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg:

yours) or 3rd person (eg: his) gender: male (his), female (hers) Below are the possessive pronouns, followed by

some example sentences. Notice that each possessive pronoun can:

be subject or object refer to a singular or plural antecedent

Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My picture) I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flowers)

I looked everywhere for your key. I found John's key but I couldn't find yours. (object = your key) My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject = Your flowers)

All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay) John found his passport but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her passport) John found his clothes but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her clothes)

Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it. (subject = Our car) Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our photos)

Each couple's books are colour-coded. Yours are red. (subject = Your books) I don't like this family's garden but I like yours. (object = your garden)

These aren't John and Mary's children. Theirs have black hair. (subject = Their children) John and Mary don't like your car. Do you like theirs? (object = their car)

Possessive exercises http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exerci

ses/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-58021.php

SHOULD FOR ADVICE We use should and shouldn't to give advice or

to talk about what we think is right or wrong.

You should means something like I think it is a good idea for you to do it.

You shouldn't means something like I think it is a bad idea for you to do it.

Should is used to express the opinion of a speaker and often follows I think or I don't think.

EXAMPLES You look tired. I think you should take a few days

off.

     Alice works very long hours. She should to talk to her boss.

     - I have an English test tomorrow.     - I shouldn't worry if I were you. You have worked really hard.

     - I never have enough money.     - I don't think you should go out so much.

Should - Quick Grammar Note

To give advice to someone you can also say:

I should do it if I were you. I shouldn't be so rude, if I were you. When you regret not doing something in

the past, you can say:

I shouldn't have spoken to him like that. I should have apologized earlier.

SHOULD EXERCISES http://www.englishexercises.org/make

agame/viewgame.asp?id=1734

https://elt.oup.com/student/project3rdedition/level3/unit6/grammar/exercise1?cc=global&selLanguage=en