I → my / mine · you → your / yours · he → his / his · she → her / hers · we → our / ours · they → their / theirs · Nouns: Anna's bag · children's toys
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My, your, our + noun
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Put my, your, his, her, our or their before a noun, with no a or the.My, your, his, her, our, their ставимо перед іменником, без a чи the.
my / your / our+noun
This is my sister. Це моя сестра.
We love our new flat. Ми любимо нашу нову квартиру.
I like the my new bag.
I like my new bag.
Типова помилка: Артикль разом із my не вживається: my friend, а не the my friend.
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Do you like job?
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I like mine new bag.
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I'd like coffee, please.
my My goes before the noun, with no the.
A2
His, her, its, their
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Choose his, her, its or their by the owner, not by the thing owned.His, her, its чи their обираємо за власником, а не за річчю.
his / her / its / their+noun
Tom lost his keys, and Anna lost her phone. Том загубив свої ключі, а Анна — свій телефон.
The dog is hungry. Its bowl is empty. Собака голодний. Його миска порожня.
My sister has lost his phone.
My sister has lost her phone.
Типова помилка: В українській є «свій» («Він любить свою маму»). В англійській його немає: his, her, their залежать від власника.
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My parents love garden.
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Maria is wearing his new dress.
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The cat is drinking milk.
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A2
's with names and nouns
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Add 's to the owner: Anna's bag, my brother's car.До власника додаємо 's: Anna's bag, my brother's car.
owner + 's+thing
This is Anna's bag. Це сумка Анни.
My brother's car is blue. Машина мого брата синя.
This is the bag of Anna.
This is Anna's bag.
Типова помилка: Українською власник стоїть у родовому відмінку («сумка Анни»). Англійською перед річчю ставимо власника з 's: Anna's bag. The bag of Anna про людей звучить неприродно.
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Where is office?
the manager's Owner + 's.
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I met teacher yesterday.
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Anna bag is red.
A2
Mine, yours, hers
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Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs when the noun is left out.Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs вживаємо, коли іменник пропущено.
is+mine / yours / hers
This coat is mine. Це пальто моє.
Is that phone yours? Той телефон твій?
This book is my.
This book is mine.
Типова помилка: Українське «мій» змінюється за родом, а в англійській після is без іменника завжди mine: This book is mine, а не my.
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Their house is small. is bigger.
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Is this pen ?
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My phone is old. is new.
Hers No noun follows: hers.
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This is not my phone. It's your.
B1
's and s' with plural nouns
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Add 's after irregular plurals (children's) and only an apostrophe after plurals ending in -s (parents').'s додаємо після неправильної множини (children's), а після множини на -s — лише апостроф (parents').
plural owner+thing
The children's toys are on the floor. Іграшки дітей лежать на підлозі.
My parents' house is near the sea. Будинок моїх батьків біля моря.
These are the childrens' toys.
These are the children's toys.
Типова помилка: Українською власник у множині — родовий відмінок («іграшки дітей»). В англійській: children's toys, parents' house. Апостроф після s — лише для множини на -s.
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I'm at my house. They live nearby.
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This is the room. Five teachers use it.
teachers' Plural ending in -s: apostrophe after the s.
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The childrens toys are here.
B1
A friend of mine
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To say one of several, use a / an + noun + of + mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs.Щоб сказати «один із», вживаємо a / an + іменник + of + mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
a / an + noun+of+mine / hers
She is a friend of mine. Вона моя знайома.
He is a colleague of hers. Він її колега.
She is a friend of me.
She is a friend of mine.
Типова помилка: Артикль і my разом не вживаються, тому a my friend — типова помилка. «Один із моїх друзів» — a friend of mine.
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I met a colleague of yesterday.
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She is a friend of my.
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We stayed with in Rome.
a cousin of ours A cousin of + possessive pronoun.