Possessive Pronouns

Subject Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives	+ NOUN	Possessive Pronouns	+ NO NOUN !
I	My		Mine
You	Your		Yours
He	His		His
She	Her		Hers
It	Its		------
We	Our		Ours
You	Your		Yours
They	Their		Theirs
I like this book.	It is my book.		This book is mine.

Exercise 9. Rewrite the sentences with a Possessive Pronoun.

Example: That is my newspaper. — It is mine.

1. It isn't his car — it's her car.

2. This is a beautiful garden. It's a lot bigger than our garden.

3. There's a cat on the windowsill but it isn't your cat.

4. What a nice painting! Is it your painting?

5. Which room is his room?

6. Anne's television has got a much better picture than our television.

Exercise 10. Put in the missing possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.

1. What a beautiful baby girl! What's name?

2. This is your tie: it's yellow. And that's your brother's. is blue.

3. This car isn't . My car is in the garage.

4. Their flat and our flat are in the same house, but is different from ours.

5. Sally is married. husband is a bank clerk.

6. Mr. and Mrs. Blake live in London but son lives in Canada.

Articles

	Indefinite Article	Definite Article	Zero Article
USAGE AND MEANING	with only in the following phrase: an only child (in the family) David is an only child in his family.	with only Physics isn't the only subject I'm good at. before Superlative forms of Adjectives. It is the best day in my life. + plural surname the Browns (= the whole family) with musical instruments: the guitar; the piano My brother plays the guitar. with same Jack is 25 years old and Sue is 25 years old. They are the same age.	with days, months, years and seasons. on Monday; in January; in 1998; in summer/ autumn/ winter/ spring.

Exercise 11. Put in a(n), the or ‘—‘.

1. My eyes are dark blue and my sister's eyes are dark blue. They are same colour.

2. Can you play piano?

3. My birthday is in September.

4. Angela is only child in her family.

5. Today is Wednesday.

6. I'm fond of Smiths. They are very interesting people.

7. His mother's holiday is in summer.

8. Jill likes playing guitar.

9. Excuse me, where is nearest bus stop?

10. Nick is only person she is interested in.

Exercise 12. Put in a(an), the or ’—‘.

1. He is 16 and his cousin is 16. They are ___ same age.

2. Our apartment is on ____ third floor.

3. Which city is ____ capital of your country?

4. Have you got any milk? — Yes, there's some in fridge.

5. It's ____ nice weather today.

6. ____ town centre is usually full of ____ tourists.

7. Mary's block of ____ flats is situated in ____ North Street.

8. My sister is ____ artist.

9. Sam and Liz have got 2 children: _____ boy and ____ girl. _____ girl is _____ student, and is ______ engineer.

Adjectives. The Comparative: using -er and more

Adjectives with one syllable	Big + er => bigger Tall + er => taller Lincoln is bigger than Mercedes. Tom is taller than his friends.
Adjectives with two or more syllables	Famous => more famous => less famous Important => more important => less important Health is more important than money. This actor is less famous than that one.
Adjectives ending in -y	Pretty => prettier Heavy => heavier Mary is prettier than Ann. The bag is heavy but the suitcase is heavier.
Irregular comparative forms	Good => better Bad => worse Far => farther/further Old => older/elder Little => less Much => more Many => more Her accent is worse than Ann's. This exercise is less difficult than that one. Today the weather is better. Her elder son is 15. ”How far is the petrol station? A mile?” - “No, farther/further. About two miles.” BUT: further discussion/information. I think that any further discussion is useless.

NOTE:

much/a lot/far + Comparative Form.

Life in Moscow is much more expensive than in my hometown.

The buildings in Chicago are a lot higher than in Washington.

His English is far better than mine.

a little/a bit/a little bit + Comparative Form.

Jill is a bit older than Gary — she's 20 and he is 21.

These shoes are a little more expensive than those ones.

The first exercise is a little bit more difficult than the second one.

Exercise 13. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative form of the given words.

Example: large Your apartment is larger than mine.

1) deep	The Pacific is ___ the Mediterranean.
2) difficult	My Physics course is ____ my Maths course.
3) good	Two heads are ____ one.
4) lazy	I'm ____ my friend.
5) energetic	She is ____ her boss.
6) hot	Thailand is ____ Korea.
7) far	My hostel is ____ his.
8) bad	His cooking is ____ his wife's.
9) little	The film is very short - _____ an hour.
10) generous	He's much ____ any of his brothers.

Exercise 14. Complete the sentences with a comparative and than.

Example: It's a _ day _ yesterday. (warm) — It's a warmer day than yesterday.

1. She's much _ her husband. (young)

2. The vegetables in this shop are _ the ones in the supermarket. (fresh)

3. My office is _ Helen's. (near)

4. You've got a _ life _ I have. (busy)

5. She's much _ her sister. (kind)

Exercise 15. Complete the following. Use the adjective in brackets. Use more/less or -er.

Example: a mouse/an elephant. (small) - A mouse is smaller than an elephant.

1. Physics/Chemistry. (interesting)

2. This exercise/that one. (good)

3. My hair/my father's hair. (dark)

4. Japanese grammar/English grammar. (difficult)

5. The weather here/ the weather in my hometown. (bad)

6. Jenny /her elder sister. (attractive)

7. Canada/Mexico. (large)

Object Pronouns

Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns
I	ME
YOU	YOU
HE	HIM
SHE	HER
IT	IT
WE	US
YOU	YOU
THEY	THEM

NOTE:

object pronouns are used:

1) after verbs: These shoes are very comfortable. I like them.

2) with prepositions: This letter isn't for you. It's for me.

3) after as and than in comparative constructions:

He's busier than me / as busy as me.

Exercise 16. Complete the sentences with object pronouns.

Example: It's hers. Give it to her.

1. They're mine. Give ___ to ___ .

2. It's his. Give ___ to ___ .

3. They're hers. Give ___ to ___ .

4. It's ours. Give ___ to ___ .

5. It's theirs. Give ___ to ___ .

6. They're his. Give ___ to ___ .

7. It's mine. Give ___ to ___ .

Exercise 17. Complete the sentences with subject or object pronouns.

1. She's taller than , but not as strong as am.

2. He's more intelligent than am, but not as good .at sports as .

3. English is a great language. I like .

4. My elder sister Ann is very smart and I'm proud of .

5. Where's my address book? — I can't find .

6. My friends are at Sam's party. We can join .

7. Sue is 23 now. birthday is in spring.

8. is your new English teacher. His name is Frank Pristley.

As ... as/not as ... as

As + Adjective + as

Walter is 18 years o1d. Lora is 18 years old. => Lora is as young as Walter.

(= They are the same age.)

Not as + Adjective + as

Allen is 45 years old. David is 30 years old. => David isn't as old as Allen.

(= David is younger than Allen.)

NOTE:

1. You can say as me/as him/as her, etc.

She's not as smart as him. Or: She's not as smart as he is.

2. You can say the same as

The weather today is the same as yesterday.

My hat is the same colour as yours.

Exercise 18. Complete the following sentences by using as…as and the given adjectives.

Example: sweet A lemon isn't as sweet as an orange.

1) tall	Julia isn't her elder sister.
2) friendly	People in his city are the people in my home town.
3) pretty	This girl isn't that one.
4) cheap	A computer isn't a calculator.
5) big	Jane's eyes aren't her mother's.
6) cold	The weather today isn't yesterday.

Exercise 19. Make sentences with the same meaning by using as ... as with the adjective in brackets.

Example: Bob is younger than Sue. (old) - Bob isn't as old as Sue.

1. American coffee is weaker than Turkish coffee. (strong)

2. A radio is cheaper than a TV set. (expensive)

3. The Mississippi River is shorter than the Nile. (long)

4. This test is easier than that test. (difficult)

5. Tom's accent is worse than Sabina's. (good)

6. My old flat is smaller that my new flat. (big)

7. Pete is more industrious than Kevin. (lazy)

8. My clothes are better than his. (bad)