Possessive adjectives and pronouns

Los adjetivos posesivos ingleses conciertan con el poseedor en lugar de hacerlo con la cosa poseída: My books.

La variación singular-plural indica el número de poseedores, no el de elementos poseídos: their dog – su perro (de ellas, ellos)

                                  their dogs – sus perros (de ellas, ellos)

También sirven para relacionar de un modo muy estrecho dos elementos: his family.

La variación de género solo se da en la tercera persona del singular. Hace referencia al género de los poseedores, no al objeto poseído:

                                her brush – su cepillo (de ella)

                                his brush – su cepillo (de él)

Empleamos el adjetivo posesivo en lugar del artículo delante de las partes del cuerpo: she hurts her hand.

Los pronombres posesivos marcan una relación de posesión o de pertenencia equivalente a la de los adjetivos posesivos que hemos visto anteriormente:

                              Tom has a new car. His car is red. The car is his.

No existe un pronombre posesivo para el pronombre personal it.

Los adjetivos posesivos se usan delante de los nombres y los pronombres no van seguidos de ningún sustantivo:

                           This is my bag. This bag is mine.

	Adjetivos	Pronombres
Un poseedor	My Your His Her its	Mine Yours His Hers -------
Varios poseedores	Our Your their	Ours Yours theirs

Veamos ahora unos ejercicios sencillos para practicar.

1. Fill in the blanks with the possessive adjectives.

My father and my mother are……parents. I am……son. My parents also have a daughter. She is…….sister. …….name is Carmen. I am…….brother. My father’s parents are…….grandparents. My father has a brother and a sister. They are……uncle and aunt. I am……nephew and…….sister is…….niece. ……..children are…….cousins.

2. Write the possessive adjectives and pronouns.

ADJECTIVE             PRONOUN

1. You
2. Mary
3. David and Sally
4. Mark and I
5. John
6. Susan and Kate
7. Helen
8. The dog
9. Jim and you

3. Underline the correct word.

1. This is our / ours car.
2. Is this yours / your house?
3. Whose is this umbrella? It’s my / mine.
4. That bicycle is hers / her.
5. Are these their / theirs books?
6. Whose are these boots? Are they your / yours?
7. This is mine / my camera.
8. Is that her / hers dog?
9. These aren’t our / ours pens. They are your / yours.
10. She’s mine/my sister. Her / hers name is Ann.

4. Rewrite the underlined words using mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

1.      This is Sally’s coat.

2.      It is my chocolate. Don’t eat!

3.      That red book is not Jim’s book. His book is blue.

4.      A: Look at this keys. Are they our keys?

B: No, they are not your keys. They are my mother’s keys.

5.      A: Are those your glasses or my glasses on the table?

B: I think, they are your glasses. My glasses aren’t on the table. They are in my bag.

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