GRAMÁTICA: Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Subjectives

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND POSSESSIVE SUBJECTIVE

[POSSESSIVO ADJETIVO E POSSESSIVO SUJEITO]

Possessive Adjective	Possessive Subjective
My à meu, minha	Mine à o meu, a minha
Yourà seu, sua	Yours à o seu, a sua
Hisàdele	His ào dele
Her à dela	Hers àa  dela
Its à dele, dela	Its à o dele, a dela
Our ànosso, nossa	Ours ào nosso, a  nossa
Your à seus, suas	Yours à os seus, as  suas
Their àdeles, delas	Theirs àos deles, as  delas

• Adjetivos possessivos: precedem o substantivo. 

Ex: This is my book. [Este  é o meu livro]

• Pronome possessivo: substitui o substantivo. 

Ex: That is yours.  [ Aquele é o seu]

• Os possessivos geralmente concordam com o possuidor.

Ex: I love my girl, you love yours. [Eu amo minha garota, você ama a sua]

Obs.: She is a of  friend. (one of my friends)  [  Ela é uma de minhas amigas]

EXERCISES

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE.  
[ESCOLHA A ALTERNATIVA CORRETA]

1. I AM DOING [MY/MINE] HOMEWORK.

2. [OUR/OURS] MAGAZINE IS HERE, WHERE ARE [THEIRS/THEIRS]?

3. SALLY IS READING [HER/HERS] ENGLISH BOOK, TOM IS READING [HIS/ITS].

4. [MY/MINE] NAME IS BETTY, WHAT’S [YOUR/YOURS]?

5. THE DOG IS IN [IT/ITS] HOUSE.

6. THE CHILDREN DON’TLIKE [THEIR/THEIRS] NEW SCHOOL.

7. TOM, [YOUR/YOURS] FATHER IS ON THE PHONE!

8. THIS IS BOOK IS [HER/HERS].

9. THE RED CAR IS [OUR/OURS].

10. SALLY IS A FRIEND OF [MY/MINE].

11. [THEIR/THEIRS] CAT IS WHITE, LIKE [OUR/OURS].

12. THIS IS NOT [OUR/OURS] LUGGAGE. IT’S [THEIR/THEIRS] 

II. SUPPLY THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES (MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, YOUR, THEIR) AND POSSESSIVE  SUBJECTIVE  (MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS, OURS, YOURS, THEIRS).

[DÊ O CORRETO POSSESSIVO ADJETIVO(MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, YOUR, THEIR) E O POSSESSIVO SUJEITO (MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS, OURS, YOURS, THEIRS)]

1. JOHN READS ______ COMPOSITION BUT WE DON’T READ __________.

2.  THE BOYS ARE WAITING FOR __________ GIRLFRIEND.

3. TED, ARE THOSE SOME OF __________ FRIENDS.

4. THAT GIRL IS ASKING ABOUT ________ PEN

5. HE KNOWS __________ LESSON WELL AND I KNOW ________.

6. I LOVE _____ COUNTRY, DO YOU  LOVE ________?

7. THE WOMEN ARE PREPARING _________ SANDWICHES.

8. JACK AND I ARE GOING TO MEET _______ FRIENDS.

9. THE FRENCH PAINTER DRINKS _________ TEA AT 4 O’CLOCK.

10. GIVE ME ______ ADDRESS AND I’LL GIVE YOU  _______.

source: Simplfied english grammar aquarius - by Eduardo Amos, Elisabeth Prescher and Eduardo Pasqualin

Editora Moderna