VIP Class Notes (Li)[W]

Possession

Vocabulary

I will let you watch …

own: belonging to somebody or something

eg. She owns the pen.

eg. He owns many pencils.

detective: 侦探

lend: to give someone something for a short period of time 借出，借给

eg. He doesn’t want to lend you his bag.

eg. She’s not happy that you lended a piece of chocolate to her sister.

Grammar

will + verb (basic form)

I will play/go/swim/run

Possessive nouns – who or what something belongs to

singular

Li’s book.

William’s pen

Travis’ pen – when nouns end with “s” , the ‘ is after the “s”

The girl’s kite is stuck in the tree.

plural

The girls’ kites are stuck in the tree. – more than one girl (‘ is after the “s”)

Many families’ cars are white.

Possessive pronouns – what people or animals own

mine – if you are the speaker

yours – if you are talking to somebody

his/hers/its – another person

ours  – you and somebody

theirs – other people, animals or things

This bottle is mine.

That book is yours.

That’s his book.

The room is ours.

Those books are theirs.

Possessive determiners – who or what something belongs to

my – if you are the speaker

our – you and somebody

your – if you are talking to somebody

his/her/its – another person

their – other people, animals or things

The man puts his donkey in the shed

These are our seashells.

That is his pencil.

My mother bought much food when she went grocery shopping. She bought a bucket of ice cream, a dozen of eggs, a loaf of bread, a box of milk, a bag of sugar, a gallon of water and a bar of chocolate.

Revised: 

My mother bought a lot of food when she went grocery shopping. She bought a bucket of ice cream, a dozen of eggs, a loaf of bread, a box of milk, a bag of sugar, a gallon of water and a bar of chocolate.