UNIT SUMMARY

Possessive Nouns—Forms

Singular nouns Regular plural nouns Irregular plural nouns Names that end in -s Inanimate objects

EXAMPLES My father’s name is Harry. My parents’ names are Rose and Harry. Sophia and Liam are common children’s names. Can you spell Charles’s name? 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 he she you him her your his her yours his hers

it it its —

we they who us them who(m) our their whose ours theirs 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. Who comes from Poland? The teacher helps them. Their names are Kim and Lee. Your name is short. Theirs is long.

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 We use what (+ noun)/which (+ noun)/who + verb to ask about the subject of a sentence. 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.

EXAMPLES What is the definition of a hurricane? Who knows when hurricane season starts? Who(m) do you know with the same name as a hurricane? Why do we name hurricanes?