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Quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives
Possessives

possessive pronouns (mine, theirs)a2

Possessive pronouns
  • ‘Whose book is this?’ ‘It's mine.’
  • ‘Whose books are these?’ ‘They're hers.’
Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
my mine
your yours
his his
her hers
our ours
your yours
their theirs
Whose book is this? (singular) Whose books are these? (plural)
Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
It's my book. It's mine. They're my books. They're mine.
It's your book. It's yours. They're your books. They're yours.
It's his book. It's his. They're his books. They're his.
It's her book. It's hers. They're her books. They're hers.
It's our book. It's ours. They're our books. They're ours.
It's your book. It's yours. They're your books. They're yours.
It's their book. It's theirs. They're their books. They're theirs.
We use possessive pronouns to talk about things that belong to somebody.
  • These are my books and those are yours.
  • Your coat isn't very warm. You can wear mine, if you like.
We use Whose …? to ask questions.
  • ‘Whose pen is this?’ ‘It's mine.’
The form is the same for singular and plural.
  • ‘Whose pens are these?’ ‘They're mine.’They're mines.
We don't use nouns after possessive pronouns.
  • ‘Whose bags are these?’ ‘They're ours.’They're ours bags.
Grammar contents
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Present perfect and past perfect
Present perfect continuous
affirmative, negative, yes/no, wh- questionsb1
contrast: present perfect continuous vs present perfect simpleb2
Present perfect simple
affirmative, negative, yes/no questionsa2
contrast: present perfect vs past simpleb1
for/sinceb1
have been vs have gonea2
just/already/yetb1
negative sentences with still and yetb1
wh- questionsa2
Past perfect continuous
affirmative, negative, yes/no, wh- questionsb2
contrast: past perfect continuous vs past perfect simpleb2
Past perfect simple
affirmative, negative, yes/no, wh- questionsb1+
contrast: past perfect simple vs past simpleb1
with time expressions before, after, untilb1+

Quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives
Demonstratives
demonstrative adjectives (that book)a1
demonstrative pronouns (That is nice.)a1
Possessives
possessive adjectives (my book)a2
possessive pronouns (mine, theirs)a2
possessive ’sa2
Quantifiers
both, several, most, allb1
each/everyb1
few/littlea2
more, less/fewerb1
much/manya2
some/any with countable nounsa1
some/any with uncountable nounsa2
too many/much, (not) enoughb1