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2 Vocabulary 1. The music comes out from it. It is a. 2. We use it to make phone calls anywhere. It is a. 3. Kids love to read it. It is a. 4. We use it to type words. It is a. 5. We use it to move on the computer. It is a. 2

3 Dialogue Cindy: See, this is her best selling book. Its topic is really interesting. Jerry: Who is that girl? Is she your favorite? Cindy: Sure, she is my favorite actress, Lena Annabelle. Jerry: Really? Our classmates love her very much, but Joe is not her big fan. His favorite actor is Jay Chou. Cindy: That s fine. The stories are really interesting. Readers never forget her funny stories. Jerry: I see. Lena s fans are always crazy about her. She is also James s favorite. 3

4 Grammar Possessive - Nouns Singular noun Noun Possessive Plural noun Noun Possessive noun not ending in -s Mary the dog Mary s the dog s children the women children s the women s nouns ending in -s Chris the waitress Chris s the waitress s those kids the cat those kids s the cat s 4

5 Grammar Possessive - Adjectives First Person Subject Possessive Second Person Subject Possessive Third Person Subject Possessive he his I my you your she her it its we our you your they their 5

6 Note Possessive - Nouns & Adjectives Use possessive nouns to show ownership or relationship. Example: 1. I m Billy s sister. 2. That s Billy s lunch Use possessive adjective to show ownership or relationship, and to avoid repeating the same phrases Example: 1. What s Jacob s job? 2. He is a DJ. His music is great. 6

7 Practice Make sentences Adams/jokes You/hand writing Sam/father Joanne/sister Carlos/car We/favorite TV program Josie/boyfriend Mr. Hopkins/best selling books It/house Sophia/ speech fashionable Interesting fun comfortable happy 7

8 Reading These are Travis story books. He reads these books after school. The Little Woman is his favorite book. He brings it to his grandma s house. Travis loves to read this book at grandma s place every weekend. What s that? That is his toys box. He puts those toys in the box. That room is his bedroom. He sleeps and plays in this room every day. 8

9 Grammar Demonstrative Nouns This/That This computer This That computer That These/Those Those cats These Those cats Those Be is is is is Be are are are are Complement broken. my computer. expensive. her computer. Complement noisy. my cats. lovely. her cats. 9

10 Note Demonstrative Nouns We use this/these to talk about a thing/things near. Example: Look at this car on this paper. It is very small. that/those to talk about a thing/things far. Example: That car over there is very big. 10

11 Practice Rewrite the sentence with this/ those/ these/ that These books / I / books Those cakes / delicious That computer / she / computer These books / you / comic books Those people / on the bench That tiger / she/ favorite This man / we / teacher This dog / you / friend 11

12 Evaluation Ask and answer questions Student s Side computer glasses newspapers cell phone hats TV mouse pencils dictionaries chair Teacher s Side shoes CDs cup magazine t-shirt speakers keyboard boxes notebooks desk 12

13 Your Turn! Answer the questions What is the best night market in Taiwan? What is your best friend s name? What color is your father s car? Are these sausages your favorite snacks? Many people use this for work. What s this? Many people love these in Taiwan. What are these? 13

14 Summary Learning Objectives Possessive Nouns We use possessive nouns to show ownership or relationship. Possessive Adjectives We use possessive adjectives to show ownership or relationship and to avoid repeating the same phrases. This/These We use this/these to talk about a thing/things near. That/Those We use that/those to talk about a thing/things far. Vocabulary and phrases stereos, cell phone, television, keyboard, mouse, computer, dictionary, notebook, comic book, fashionable, interesting, comfortable, delicious, sausage, snack 14

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