This lesson presents a fun way to introduce possessive adjectives to ESL students. It also includes some activities and games for students to practice the use of those adjectives. The Things You Own If your students are prepared, they come into your classroom with some gear: a backpack or bin...
Possessiveadjectivesarewordsused to show ownership or a close relationship between the subject and the noun it modifies. These adjectives are placed before a noun to indicate who or what owns or is associated with that noun. A possessive adjective is a type of adjective that modifies a noun by...
But when we use adjectives in front of a possessive noun with a ‘classifying’ meaning, the adjective describes the whole phrase, not just the possessive noun which follows it: Janice’s shop had a large selection ofhand-made children’s clothes(= The children’s clothes are hand-made, no...
Compare these two sentences. Pay attention to the position of the apostrophe: Where are thedog’sbones? (refers to ONE dog and its bones) Where are thedogs’bones? (refers to TWO dogs and their bones) There is NO difference in pronunciation betweendog’sanddogs’. So when someone is spe...
Interactive Worksheets:Engage your students with a variety of interactive exercises, ranging from identifying possessive pronouns in sentences to practical application tasks like rewriting sentences or discerning correct usage between possessive pronouns and adjectives. ...