SUMMARY OF UNIT 4 Possessive Nouns—Forms EXAMPLES
Singular nouns
My father’s name is Harry.
Regular plural nouns
My parents’ names are Rose and Harry.
Irregular plural nouns
Sophia and Liam are common children’s names.
Names that end in -s
Can you spell Charles’s name?
Inanimate objects
What’s the name of our textbook? What’s our textbook’s name?
Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives SUBJECT PRONOUN
OBJECT PRONOUN
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
I
me
my
mine
you
you
your
yours
he
him
his
his
she
her
her
hers
it
it
its
—
we
us
our
ours
they
them
their
theirs
who
who(m)
whose
whose
EXAMPLES SUBJECT PRONOUN
OBJECT PRONOUN
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
I come from Cuba.
The teacher helps me.
My name is Rosa.
Your name is common. Mine isn’t.
They come from South Korea.
The teacher helps them.
Their names are Kim and Lee.
Your name is short. Theirs is long.
Who comes from Poland?
Who(m) does the teacher help?
Whose name do you like?
This is my book. Whose is that?
Subject Questions and Non-Subject Questions EXPLANATION
EXAMPLES
We use what (+ noun)/which (+ noun)/who + verb to ask about the subject of a sentence.
What is the definition of a hurricane? Who knows when hurricane season starts?
We use a wh- word + do/does + subject + the base form of the verb to ask a question about something that is not the subject.
Who(m) do you know with the same name as a hurricane? Why do we name hurricanes?
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