MARIE POUSSEPIN SCHOOL

ENGLISH AREA
MISS ELSA FERNNDEZ A.

FOCUSED PRACTICE
I. Descriptive adjectives and nouns.
Change each sentences to the plural.
1. My pens is new.
2. A lemon is yellow.
3. My notebook is new.
4. A grape is green.
5. My daughter is tall.
6. An apple is red.
7. A banana is yellow.
8. My dictionary is excellent.
9. A piano is expensive.
10. My radio is old.
11. My foot is cold.
12. My child is friendly.
13. My pen is big.
14. A diary is interesting.
15. A crayon is yellow.

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II. Word order.

Use the words to write sentences.
1. student / new / is / a / She
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2. strong / He / man / a / is
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3. California / a / state / big / is
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4. are / lucky / women / They
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5. She / a / good / is / lawyer
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6. Bertha / Lulu / old / are / and / friends _______________________________
III. Descriptive adjectives.
Work with a partner. Talk about friends and complete the sentence. Check your
Answers.
A friend is _________________.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Good looking
Honest
Friendly
Clean
Worried

6. Happy
7. Loyal
8. Lucky
9. Rich
10. Funny

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ENGLISH AREA
MISS ELSA FERNNDEZ A.

GRAMMAR: Possessive Adjectives

Subject
Pronouns

Possessive
Adjectives

I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

my
your
His
Her
Its
our
your
Their

example sentences
I am a student. My books are on the desk.
You are next to me. Your seat is here.
He is a professor. His subject is computer.
She is my grandma. Her name is Lulu.
It is Yokos dog. Its name is Rocky.
we are businessmen. Our stores are in the U.S.A.
You are students. Your books are new.
They are students. Their school is in Oregon.

Note: Possessive adjectives show belonging.

Practice:
Carol is showing Yoko a picture of her grandma. Listen and read
their conversation.
Carol: This is my grandmother. Her name is Lulu. She is seventy three years old.
She has two sons. Their names are Pete and Bob.
Peter is my father. His nickname is Pete. My mothers name is Eleonore.
Yoko: Are your mother and grandmother close?
Carol: No. My mother is not close to my grandmother. My grandmother is oldfashioned. She is a good cook. Our house is always messy. My grandmother thinks
my mother isnt a good wife. My mother thinks my grandmother is a terrible mother
in law. I love my mother and my grandmother, but when theyre together, they fight
all the time.

Underline the possessive adjectives.

How many words did you underline? A. 14

b. 16

c. 19

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ENGLISH AREA
MISS ELSA FERNNDEZ A.

GRAMMAR: This / These

Singular
Demostrative
Pronoun

BE

This

is

1. Whats this?
Its a turtle.

Plural
Demostrative
pronoun
a dictionary
From France.
Heavy

these

BE
are

dictionaries
From France
heavy .

2. What are these?

Theyre turtles.

Discover the grammar. Lulu is a new laundromat. She has a problem. Listen and read
the conversation between Lulu and the woman who works at the laundromat.
Woman:
Lulu:
Woman:
Lulu:
Woman:
Lulu:
Woman:
Lulu:
Woman:
Lulu:

I s something wrong?
Yes.
Whats the problem?
Well, this isnt my blouse, and these arent my socks.
Im sorry.
And this isnt my towel. This towel is yellow. My towels are blue. Two of
my towels arent here, and my brown blouse isnt here.
Oh, no.
And look at these jeans. Theyre size 8! Look at me.
Am I a size 8? Im a size 18.
Im terrible sorry.
I am, too.

Read the conversation again. Underline the words THIS and THESE.
How many words did you underline?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7