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Unit 8: at the beach and “mine / yours / theirs”

Lessons 55–56 · 2 lessons · Susannah Reed with Kay Bentley. Guess What! Student’s Book 3 (Grade 3), Uzbekistan edition, 2022. Cambridge University Press; Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan, USAID
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Which towel is theirs? The purple one.

Textbook: p. 93
GoalPossessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. “Which towel is theirs? — The purple one.”
New words
mine · menikitheirs · ularnikithe … one · … rangdagisiwhich? · qaysi?
Explanation

Possessive pronouns do not go before a noun; they replace it: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. “Which towel is theirs?” — “The purple one.” “One” replaces a noun already mentioned: the purple one = the purple towel. Compare: my towel — mine.

Worked examples
— Which towel is theirs? — The purple one. — Which is mine? — The yellow one.
This is my bag. That one is yours. The blue one is hers.
Class activity

“Whose is which?”: four colored towels (or scarves). The teacher asks “Which one is hers?” and children answer “The green one.”

Practice
1
“This is my pen.” Now: “This pen is ___.”
2
For them: “The red towel is ___.”
3
“Which bag is yours?” (the blue bag) Answer.
4
What is the difference between “her” and “hers”?