Elementary Unit 1b

Life Possessive adjectives

Woman: Have you got your ticket?

Man: Yes, I have.
Woman: And your credit card?
Man: Yes, of course.
Woman: And your mobile?
Man: Yes, yes, I’ve got my mobile and I’ve got my keys and …
Woman: What about your passport?
Man: Oh, no!

Presentation
Use possessive adjectives to talk about objects, people and places.
Subject Possesive
pronouns adjectives
I my I’ve got my ticket.

you your Have you got your passport?

he his His parents are Italian.

she her Her father’s from Argentina.

it its Venice is famous for its canals.

we our Our camera’s a Nikon.

they their Their daughter’s a doctor.

A possessive adjective has got one form for singular and plural: his brother, his parents.

Key vocabulary Everyday objects: credit card, glasses, laptop, mobile (= mobile phone), passport, ticket
Adjectives: awful, brilliant, fantastic, great, terrible
People in your life: mother, father, parents, son, daughter, children, husband, wife, brother, sister

Exercises
1 Write sentences.
1 my keys 3
2 your laptop 7
3 our passports 3
4 his glasses 7
5 her camera 3
6 our credit cards 7
7 my mobile 3
8 their tickets 3
I’ve got my keys.
You haven’t got your laptop.
we have got our passports
he hasn’t got his glasses
she has got her camera
we haven`t got our credit cards
I have got my mobile
they haven`t got their tickets

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 Elementary Unit 1b
2 Write sentences. Exercises
1 I’ve got a Nikon camera. It’s fantastic! My camera’s fantastic!
2 She’s got a new motorbike. It’s great! Her motorbike`s great!
3 He’s got a Dell laptop. It’s brilliant! His laptop`s brilliant!
4 We’ve got an old car. It’s terrible! Our old car`s terrible!
5 They’ve got an old television. It’s awful! Their old television it`s awful!

3 Complete the text with his, her, their or its. Then listen and check.

Ana’s Argentinian but 1 Her husband, Jacob, isn’t from Argentina. 2 His father’s
Nigerian and 3 His
mother’s Scottish. Ana’s got a sister and a brother. 4 Her
sister’s a
teacher and 5 Her
brother’s a doctor. He’s married. 6 His
wife’s Italian. They’ve got
two children: a son and a daughter. 7 Their daughter’s ten and 8 Their son’s six. They’ve
9 Its
also got a dog. name is Rex.

4 Choose the correct words.

1 Jane hasn’t got she / her passport.
2 We / Our new motorbike is fantastic.
3 She / Her is a doctor.
4 I / My haven’t got a fast car.
5 Where are you / your glasses?
6 He / His father is from the USA.
7 What’s it’s / its name?
8 They / Their son has got an apartment opposite the park.
9 Have you got I / my phone?
10 We / Our have got a house near here.
11 He / His mobile is on the table.
12 I / My mother is from Madrid.

5 Complete the sentences about a friend. Use the words in brackets.

1 My friend has got two sisters. Their names are Clare and Penny. (brothers/sisters)
My friend has got four brothers, their names are John, Gabriel, Camilo and Andres (brothers/sisters)
2 He/She she is single (married/single)
3 He/She she has got a dog, it`s so cute! (children/dog)
4 He/She she has got a bike, it`s great! (car/bike)

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