Reflexive pronouns

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 637.

Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

Pronouns

Subject Determiners

E.g. The students are in the lecture hall.

The bridges are long.

The leaves are green.

Today our group has three lectures.

Ex. 6. Find the group of a Subject:

1. The box of mineralsis on the first desk. 2. This week the students of our group have a lecture on history. 3. The workers of the food factory have a new hostel. 4. The bus stops are not far from the airport. 5. The tourists are in the hotel now.

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E.g. We send him to London on a business trip.

It is his first official tripto the country.

My, your, his, her, it`s, one`s, our, yourandthereare possessive adjectives.This means they must go in front of nouns: He`s my son.

It`s your house.etc. – They refer to the possessor, not to the thing possessed: John amused his daughter . (=his own)

John amused her daughter. (= someone else`s)

Its refers to possession by an animal or thing: The cat drank its milk.

Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yoursandtheirsare possessive pronouns. This means they stand on their own: That book is mine.(Not * That is mine book.*)

We cannot use possessives with the. (Not *That`s the my car./ That car`s the mine.*)

Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselvesand themselvesare reflexive pronouns.

We often use reflexive pronouns with these verbs: amuse, blame, cut, dry, enjoy, hurt, introduce: I`ve cut myself with the bread knife.

Ex.7. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjectives or pronouns:

l. This is a milk bottle. Its walls are thick. ... is in the fridge.2. Professor McLane has a lecture today. ...lectures are very important for the students. 3. That is a cupboard. ...is new. ... sides are white.4. Those are food cans. ... tops are blue and... are red. 5. He has a lot of English books. ...books are on the shelves in ...room.

Ex.8. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjectives or pronouns:

1.She's our new neighbor. Do you know her ?

2.... are going to visit John. Will you come with ... ?

3.Your bags are heavy. I`ll carry ... .

4.Listen, boys, can ... be quiet, please?

5.Mr. Jones isn't ill. I saw ... this morning.

6.Where are ... glasses? I can't find ... .

7.Dolphins are very intelligent. ... have ... own language. 8.Susan needs the book. Give ... to ... now, please.

9.1 don't understand the instructions. Please explain ... to ... . 10. Hello? It's ... , we're back.

Ex.9.Supply the missing possessive adjectives or pronouns:

1.What a beautiful baby girl! What`s her name? 2. This car isn`t … . My car has a different registration number. 3. “ Shall we have …supper on a tray and watch TV?” my wife asked. 4. That umbrella doesn`t belong to you. … is the one with the leather handle. 5. Their flat and our flat may seem to be the same, but …is different from ours.6. Patricia`s eldest daughter has just left school and …youngest has just begun. 7. Has the cat been given … milk yet? 8. This is your towel: it`s yellow . And that`s your husband`s. … is blue.9. One should put ...own interests last. 10. John`s son wants to be an actor and …daughter wants to be an actress.