1. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS USOS: A- POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Obrigatoriamente antes de substantivos, precedidos ou não de adjetivos. Ex.: HER parents live in London. I don’t know where YOUR new book is. Seguidos de OWN + substantivo Ex.: We have OUR own ideas.

2. A- POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: Substituindo a construção possessive adjective + subtantivo, para evitar repetições. Ex.: My car is yellow, but THEIRS is blue. Após preposições, quando o elemento posterior não for um substantivo. Ex.: His house is similar to OURS. Precedido de OF (“um dos..., uma das...”) Ex.: I saw a cousin of YOURS this morning.

3. Exercises: 1) Choose the correct possessives: a)All students are expected to hand in their / theirs compositions on time. b)A friend of her/hers is coming to visit us tonight. c)Many people in England have their / theirs own houses. d)This purse isn’t my / mine. It’s her / hers. e)A child should learn to respect its/their parents.