Lesson 5 - Curso de Ingles Rapido

 Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives:  Vêm sempre antes dos substantivos a que se referem.  São invariáveis, concordam com o possuidor e não com a coisa possuída.  São eles: my (meu), your (seu), his (dele), her (dela), its (dele/dela), our (nosso), their (deles/delas):

My name is Philip.

Elton John is a famous singer.  His songs are beautiful.

We are from France.  Our city is Paris.

Possessive Pronouns:  Nunca são seguidos de substantivo.  São eles:

Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs:

Whose book is that?  It’s mine.

Podem ser sujeito da frase:

This is my book. Where is yours? Mine is in the bookcase.

Genitive Case (‘s):  É usado quando o possuidor é pessoa ou animal.  Expressa a posse no sentido amplo, podendo também ser usado com expressões de tempo:

The king’s crown is made of gold.

The cat’s tail is long.

Yesterday’s party was great!

Se forem dois ou mais os possuidores de uma mesma coisa, apenas o último leva o apóstrofo:

Sara and Janice’s car is blue.

Se o objeto é possuído separadamente, cada um é seguido de ’s:

Eistein’s and Newton’s discoveries were very important.

Se o possuidor for plural, coloca-se apenas o apóstrofo:

The flowers’ petals are red.

Substantivos compostos seguem as regras dos substantivos comuns:

My sister-in-law’s house is enormous.

Em alguns casos é comum a omissão do elemento possuído.  Isso acontece em geral com lugares já mencionados ou subentendidos.  Entre eles estão house, shop, cathedral, college, office, restaurant:

We’re going to have a sandwich at McDonald’s.  (fast food restaurant)

See you at Mary’s!  (house)

Quando o possuidor é coisa, usa-se a construção com of:

The legs of the table.

She’s going to change the cover of the book.

Exercises:

I. Complete with the possessives:

Susan has a car. _______car is big.

Peter has 2 books. ______books are about science.

Is this ______(you) umbrella? No, it´s ________(he).

John is very intelligent. _______IQ is over 150!

They have 3 sisters. __________sisters are ugly.

The little boy loves bikes, but _______bikes aren´t new.

I have a sister. _______sister is beautiful.

Sara and Peter are uncle Joe´s parents. John is in ________house now.

Tom´s car is expensive. ________(I) is not.

Where are the children? They are playing in the park with _______friends.

Whose dog is that? It´s _____(she).

II.  Genitive case exercises in the appendix.

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