Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns

Anne, a wine dealer from Singapore, arrives at Adelaide Airport and meets her local buyer, Sarah. (Anne walks out with the other passengers...) ANNE Excuse me... SARAH Anne Lee? ANNE Yes. Hello SARAH Im Sarah Taylor. Im your new local buyer. Pleased to meet you. (they shake hands) ANNE Its very kind of you to meet me. SARAH Oh. Sorry. This is my husband, Mark. MARK Good morning. How are you? ANNE Very well thankyou. MARK How was your flight? ANNE Actually, Im a bit tired. It was a very long flight. SARAH Lets get your bags. (The three watch as the bags go around. Anne points.) ANNE Thats mine there! The red one. MARK Its heavy! ANNE

Sorry. SARAH Dont worry. Marks strong arent you dear? MARK No worries. SARAH Come on. Lets go to the hotel. They leave the airport. Episode 1 - Notes

1. Greetings - 2. Introductions - 3. Simple Sentences - 4. Personal Pronouns - 5. THAT and THIS - 6. Adjectives
1. GREETINGS

There are many different ways of meeting people. The most common word is: Hello. This can be used in any situation. A more informal word is: Hi! Only use hi for friends or informal situations. SARAH Anne Lee? ANNE Yes. Hello We also use: How are you? or How are you going? And you can say: Good morning (before 12 midday) Good afternoon (12-6pm) Good day (anytime) Good evening (after 6pm) MARK Good morning. How are you? Replies A reply to hello can be hello. Hello Peta Hello Trevor A reply to Hi can be Hi. Hi Peta Hi Trevor

A reply to Good morning can be: Good morning. Good morning Peta. Good morning Trevor. A reply to How are you? can be: Good thanks How are you? Good, thanks. Another reply to this is: Fine thanks How are you? Fine thanks. or informally Not bad How are you? Not bad. and more formally Very well, thank you. How are you? Very well thank you. MARK Good morning. How are you? ANNE Very well thankyou.
2. INTRODUCTIONS

If the person you meet doesnt know your name, you say it: Hello, Im......... (your name). Or Good morning. My name is......... (your name). If you are introducing someone, you can say: This is......(persons name). This is Sue Smith. Or Id like you to meet Sue Smith. Often we give more information when introducing someone. This is my office manager, Sue Smith. Or This is my brother, Phillip Taylor. A common reply is: Pleased to meet you. Or Nice to meet you. SARAH

Im Sarah Taylor. Im your new local buyer. Pleased to meet you.

(they shake hands)

ANNE Its very kind of you to meet me. SARAH Oh. Sorry. This is my husband, Mark.
3. SIMPLE SENTENCES

English is made up of sentences. A sentence always starts with a capital letter, and ends with a fullstop, question mark or exclamation mark. Here is a simple sentence: Im Sarah Taylor. This is made up of three parts: The subject I. The verb am. The object Sarah Taylor. Look at this sentence. She likes wine. The subject is she. The verb is likes. The object is wine. The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action. In the sentence Lions eat meat. the subject is lions. The object of a sentence is the person or thing that is affected by the action. In the sentence Lions eat meat.the object is meat..

4. PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Personal Pronouns are words which stand for people. Subject pronouns are the subjects of sentences. They are: I he she it you we they

Subject pronouns usually go before verbs. For example: I like frogs. Possessive adjectives go before nouns to show who or what owns something. For example: This is my hat. That is your hat.

Possessive adjectives are: my your his her its your

SARAH This is my husband, Mark.

our their

Possessive pronouns can be used instead of the noun: For example:

This is my hat. (possessive adjective) This is mine. (possessive pronoun) That is your hat. (possessive adjective) That is yours. (possessive pronoun)

Possessive pronouns are: mine yours his hers yours ours theirs
ANNE Thats mine there! The red one.

5. THIS AND THAT

This can be used to refer to objects or people right next to the speaker. This is my wife, Mary. This is my watch. SARAH This is my husband, Mark. That is used to refer to objects or people further away. That is the man you want to speak to, over there. That is the post office, across the road.

ANNE Thats mine there! The red one.

6. ADJECTIVES

Adjectives describe things or people. Words such as light, heavy and strong are adjectives. They usually go before nouns, or after verbs. For example: Annes bag is heavy. Its a heavy bag. The hat is red. Its a red hat.