Loading…
Teaching or studying this?
All lesson plans
Lesson planA140 minsNew. New: checked automatically for level, grammar, facts and originality; a teacher's review is still to come. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
Whose Is It? mine, yours, his, hers
Students learn possessive pronouns such as mine, yours and hers to talk about clothes and say who things belong to.
Possessive pronouns · Clothes
Or download everything as a ZIP (2 PDFs)This lesson plan and its PDFs are free.
Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use possessive pronouns accurately
- Learn and use 11 words and phrases in one set: Clothes and what we do with them
- Read for detail: After the party
- Writing task: Whose are they?
Stages · 40 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about clothes and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 10 minControlled practice: Ex. 2–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
Printables
Click a page to preview it, download it or open it in a new tab.
Download all (ZIP, 2 PDFs)Grammar notes
my → mine
- my – mine · your – yours · his – his · her – hers · our – ours · their – theirs
- This is my coat. = This coat is mine.
- No noun after mine: It's mine (not It's mine coat).
Whose?
- Whose coat is this? — It's mine.
- Whose are these socks? — They're his.
No apostrophe
- yours, hers, ours, theirs (not your's, her's).
Study tips
- Point at things in the room and say: That's mine. That's hers.
- Learn the pairs: my – mine, your – yours, her – hers, our – ours.
Glossary
- Clothes and what we do with them11 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Clothes
Choose the correct word or phrase.
- a
It's very cold. Wear your ___.
- b
I wear ___ on my feet. They keep my feet warm in bed.
- c
I always wear ___ and a T-shirt at the weekend.
- d
He wears a white ___ and a tie to work.
- e
Can I ___ these shoes? I want to see the size.
- f
Your shoes are wet. Please ___ your shoes.
- g
It's hot today. I'm wearing a ___.
2
mine, yours, his, hers…
Choose the correct word.
- a
This is my coat. It's ___.
- b
Is this T-shirt ___, Sam?
- c
These are Sara's socks. They're ___.
- d
That's Tom's shirt. It's ___.
- e
This red car is ___. We bought it last year.
- f
Ben and Lucy have got new bikes. The bikes are ___.
- g
___ jeans are these?
3
my or mine?
Choose the correct word or words.
- a
This isn't ___ bag. I've got a black one.
- b
Is this pen ___ or mine?
- c
Her coat is red and ___ is blue.
- d
Our T-shirts are white. ___ are green.
- e
Is this your shirt? — No, it isn't ___.
- f
Is this Tom's jacket? — Yes, it's ___.
- g
Is that your car? — No, ___ is the red one.
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
- j
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: After the party
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
After Lucy's birthday party there are a lot of clothes in her flat. Lucy and her sister Kim want to give them back. "Whose coat is this?" asks Kim. "It's long and black." "It's Paul's. It's his," says Lucy. "And the red scarf is Ana's. It's hers." "These socks are mine!" says Kim. "I took them off when we danced." "And these jeans? They aren't ours." "I think they're Tom and Eva's. Let's call them."
- a
The black coat is ___.
- b
The red scarf is ___.
- c
Whose are the socks?
- d
Kim took off her socks when ___.
- e
The jeans are ___.
6
Write: Whose are they?
Write about some clothes.
You find some clothes after a party. Write 6–8 sentences: what are they and whose are they? Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs. Word box: shirt · T-shirt · jeans · trousers · coat · socks · try on · give it back Example: There's a blue shirt on the chair. It isn't mine. I think it's Tom's. It's his.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
Spotted a mistake in this lesson?· tell us the exercise and item
Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 11 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in one set.
Clothes and what we do with them
- shirt
- you wear it on the top part of your body. It often has buttons.
- T-shirt
- a simple shirt with short arms
- jeans
- blue trousers for every day
- trousers
- you wear them on your legs
- coat
- you wear it over your clothes when you go out
- socks
- you wear them on your feet, inside your shoes
- try on
- to put on clothes in a shop. Are they good on you?
- put on
- to start to wear clothes
- take off
- to stop wearing clothes
- give it back
- to give something to the person it belongs to
- wear
- to have clothes on your body
How was this lesson plan?
One tap helps other teachers find the best lessons, and helps us improve them.