Unit 4 The Family

INTENSIVE READING
A. Read the text below.
Hello, my name is Joe
Hayden and I am twelve
years old. My eldest
brother David is sixteen
and Michael is fourteen. I
have three younger
brothers. My little sister,
who is called Naomi, is
only two. David, Michael and I are all into music,
Hi, my name is Sam. I am nine and I live in a something we always enjoy. David plays the
family of nine. I’ve got five brothers and their drums and Michael plays guitar, both quite loud
names are David aged sixteen, Michael aged but no one really minds. I get on well with David
fourteen, Joe aged twelve, Jacob aged seven but not so much with my younger brothers Jacob
and Isaac aged four. I’ve got a little sister; her and Sam. David, Michael and I are lucky because
name is Naomi. She is two years old. My we all get to escape! We go to a school that is far,
mother is called Pamela and my dad is called far away and we are only at home during the
Bernie. I live in the county of Angus; it is in holidays. It’s good being in a big family. You can
Scotland. I get on quite well with my brother play games like football and cricket with everyone.
Michael because he is kind and helps me. I In smaller families, this is not possible. Also, a big
don’t get on so well with my brother Joe family means a big house, so you can always find
because he is a bit annoying and he doesn’t somewhere to be by yourself. I like that
like me. I like living in a big family and I sometimes. The bad things are that you always
wouldn’t like to change anything. get little kids bugging you. They can be so noisy!
Everything around you is very busy and really
messy, and there’s lots of washing up and laundry
to do. It also costs much more to go anywhere.
But I prefer being in a big family.
B. Read what Joe says again. Are sentences 1-7 below “Right” (R) or
“Wrong” (W)? If Joe doesn’t tell you the answer, choose “Doesn’t say” (DS).
R W DS
1. Michael is older than Joe x
2. When David and Michael play music, the others think they are noisy x
3. Joe’s school is very famous x
4. Joe comes home from school most weekends x
5. The Hayden children play more football than cricket x
6. Joe enjoys spending a bit of time alone x
7. Joe does all the washing up when he is at home x
C. Pay attention to the words in bold letters. What kind of words are they?
What is their function? When are they used?
D. Read the underlined words. Do you know their translation?

PRONOUNS, POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, AND POSSESSIVE CASE

A pronoun is defined as a word or phrase that is used as a substitution for

a noun or noun phrase, which is known as the pronoun’s antecedent. Pronouns
are short words and can do everything that nouns can do and are one of the
building blocks of a sentence.

An adjective is a describing word, such as blue, angry, cold, dry and hard.
Technically, an adjective is described as modifying or quantifying a noun or
pronoun. An adjective tells us more and gives us extra information about
something.

PRONOUN ADJECTIVE POSSESSIVE

Subject Object Possessive Reflexive NOUN/CASE
I Come with mine myself This is my
me book It is usually added
‘s to a noun or
you Go with yours yourself Your book is name to show
you open possession.
he Talk to him his himself His name is
she Kiss her hers herself carl Examples:
it Bring it its itself her Granddad’s party
Mario’s restaurant
you Come with yours yourselves its Carlos’ money
you your
we Come with ours ourselves our
us their
they Go with theirs themselves It is used to
them describe the noun.
It takes the It is normally It designates It is preceded It is used to show
place of used as a possession by an adverb,  ownership. It
a noun as the grammatical and replaces adjective,  comes before a
subject of a object of the noun. pronoun, noun in the
sentence (the a verb, or as Example: sentence and lets
or noun to
subject of a the object of Ours  is a us know to whom
which it refers.
the noun belongs.
verb). a preposition. family farm Example: The
Example: Example: The dog
Example: children had
Kate was buried  its  bone.
Michael took to look after 
tired so she the children themselves
went to bed with  him.

This is my book. This book is mine.

This is their classroom. This classroom is theirs

PRONOUN, POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE, AND POSSESSIVE CASE EXERCISES

A. Circle the correct word.
0. I saw Mr and Mrs Jones in the park with their / theirs grandson.
1. Our / Ours family isn’t very big.
2. Your / Yours cousin is younger than my / mine.
3. Claudia’s coming tonight. Let’s meet outside her / hers flat at 7:00.
4. Dave and Jane’s car is faster, so why don’t we go in their / theirs?
5. Would you like to visit my / mine grandfather with me?
6. Can I have the address of that American cousin of your / yours?
B. Identify the mistake and write the correct sentence on the line.
0. Is this your new cellphone? I thought it was my. I thought it was mine.
1. They don’t look like they/their brothers.
2. It’s your father’s idea, not my/mine.
3. Sam and me/I went to that concert at the weekend.
4. I’ve never met you/your parents, you know.
5. A: Who's coming to the cinema? B: Only Paul and my/me.
6. I would do anything for he/him.
7. My/mine is from a different shop.
8. Have you seen our project? I hope they/we get an A+.

C. Complete the gaps with a correct word and apostrophe (where needed).
0. It seems that I got Mary’s card. Where is mine?
1. That’s my brother’s cup and this is mine. My grandmother gave it to me.
2. Good morning. Can I help you?
3. Ah, there’s Jade’s watch. Could you pass it to me? I’ll keep it safe.
4. That poor dog has lost one of its/his/her legs.
5. Look! I’ve got Poppy’s phone number! She gave it to me last night.
6. Adrian doesn’t mind where we go but he doesn’t like the beach.
7. Mom never lets us watch TV after 9 p.m.
8. Do you like my new car? It is second-hand.

D. Put the sentences into the possessive case; use apostrophes.

1. The book of the girl. The girl’s book
2. The bike of Jim. Jim’s bike
3. The shoes of the women.
4. The husband of Mrs. West. Mrs west’s husband
5. The toys of the children. The children’s toys
6. The room of Helen.
7. The leg of the dog. The dog’s leg
8. The eyes of the cats. The cat’s eyes

B. Read the text about Giorgio Angelozzi. Choose the best word (A, B or C)
for each space for questions 1-10.

Italian “granddad” finds a family

At the age (0) ____ 80, Giorgio Angelozzi felt sad

because he (1) ____ living alone. (2) ____ decided to
advertise for a “new” family, and got letters from (3) ____,
including Colombia!
Mr Angelozzi (4) ____ a family in Bergamo in northern
Italy. Elio and Marlena Riva answered the advert because
Mr Riva’s parents are dead and (5) _____ parents live far away in Poland. Their children
Mateush, 18, and Dagmara, 16, are pleased to have a new grandfather because they miss
(6) ____. The teenagers, who both like loud music, say that (7) _____ will be quieter at
home now. Dagmara said: “I just want to have a granddad. (8) ____ is more important than
that.”
In Italy today a lot of old people live by (9) _____, but perhaps Mr Angelozzi has started
(10) ____ new!

0. A of B. by C in
. .
1. A is B. was C has
. .
2. A His B. He C It
. .
3. A nowhere B. somewhere C everywhere
. .
4. A chose B. chooses C chosen
. .
5. A his B. her C its
. .
6. A ours B. yours C theirs
 . .
7. A them B. theirs C they
. .
8. A Nothing B. None C Everywhere
. .
9. A yourselves B. ourselves C themselves
. .
10. A something B. anything C nothing
. .