Introduce yourself to your teacher and say where you are from and what your job is.
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
GRAMMAR
‘My’ and ‘Your’ Possessive pronouns tell us who someone is related to, and what something belongs to.
He / She is my
sister/brother/mother/father
He / She is your
sister/brother/mother/father
Who is in your family? I have one sister and one brother in my family.
Tell the teacher how many people are in your family.
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
DIALOGUE
The wrong Mary CLIVE: Hello MARY: Oh, CLIVE: I
Mary, my name is Clive.
hello Clive, nice to meet you.
am your brother's best friend!
MARY: Really? CLIVE: Yes,
I know Tim.
MARY: Tim? CLIVE: Oh,
I have two brothers.
I don’t have a brother called Tim!
I am sorry! You are the wrong Mary!
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
GRAMMAR
Possessive, his/her We use ‘my’ and ‘your’ for ‘me’ and ‘you’. For someone else we use ‘his’ and ‘her’.
He / She is her
sister/brother/mother/father
He / She is his
sister/brother/mother/father
His brother is a teacher. Her sister is a student. Make sentences using the following words:
His/Her
Brother/Sister
Uncle/Aunt
Grandmother/Grandfather
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
Mother/Father
DIALOGUE
Nice to meet you CLIVE: Please meet my brother and sister. This
is my brother Tom and my sister Mary. MARY: Nice to meet you, Tom and Sarah. SARAH: What is your name? MARY: My name is Mary. TOM: Nice to meet you, Mary. Where are you
from? MARY: I am from America. SARAH: Are you also a teacher? MARY: No, I am a student.
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
EXERCISE
Vocabulary exercise
TOM:
Please ……… my brother and sister. ……… is my brother Tom and my sister Sarah. Nice to meet ……… , Tom and Sarah. ……… to meet you, Mary. Where are you ……… ?
MARY:
I ……… from America.
TOM:
……… you also a teacher?
MARY:
No, I am ……… student. And you? I ………. also a ……….
CLIVE:
MARY:
TOM:
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
EXERCISE
Use pronouns and possessives to ask your teacher questions about their family and what they do.
For example : What is your uncle's job? Is your mother a teacher? What is your brother's name? Uncle
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Aunt
Brother Father
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Sister Mother
Niece
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Nephew
English Language
Level A1 Lesson 3
OBJECTIVES REACHED
To introduce your family and friends To use possessive pronouns Different family relations To ask people’s names