Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 31 · Part 1: Part I: The elementary course
31. Possessive pronouns
Goal: Your child can use and find the possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 31 defines possessive pronouns and contrasts them with "his" in "That is his book." It gives sentences to write and analyze with models.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask your child to name a pronoun of the first, second and third person.
Two jobs in one word
SayThat desk is mine. Ask: What does "mine" mean here? (my desk)
Read:
Possessive Pronouns are words used to represent both the possessor and the thing possessed.
The possessive pronouns are mine, thine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs, our own, etc.
His book or his?
The book points out that in "That is his book," his is a possessive but not a possessive pronoun, because the noun book is there. In "The book is his," his stands for both owner and book.
Oral practice
Point to things and say whose they are using possessive pronouns: That cup is mine. Those shoes are yours.
The book's sentences
Find the possessive pronouns:
This book is hers.
Yours is a hard lesson.
The victory is ours.
Then write sentences with possessive pronouns as subjects and as predicates, following the models: "His is a hard lot." "That desk is mine."
Check together
Check with the answers.
Use it today
During the day, answer "Whose is this?" questions with a possessive pronoun.
Answers to the book's problems
hers; his; Yours; mine; thine; our own; ours. In the model sentences: Ours, theirs, our own.
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