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⚡ 12-Minute Quick Grammar

Possessive adjectives for groups: our / their / its

Learn how to talk about things belonging to groups, other people, and objects.

📋 How to use this lesson

For the Teacher

Set a 12-minute timer and guide learners through the four rules together.
Have learners complete the twelve practice tasks and check the answers on the board.

For the Learner

First, read the rule cards and compare the right words with the wrong words.
Next, finish the twelve quick practice tasks below to test your skills.

A cheerful school trip in a big museum hall, happy young classmates wearing yellow raincoats looking up at a giant dinos

Classmates explore the museum hall on their school trip.

📖 The 4 Rules

1 Rule 1: our

Use our for things of you and other people (we). It stays the same before one thing or many things.

Right: our bags

Wrong: ours bags

• We eat our lunch in the hall.

• We pack our yellow raincoats for the trip.

2 Rule 2: their

Use their for things of other people (they). It stays the same before one thing or many things.

Right: their bus

Wrong: they bus

• Their classmates wait by the bus.

• They show their funny photos to the teacher.

3 Rule 3: its

Use its for one animal or one thing. Never use an apostrophe.

Right: its tail

Wrong: it's tail

• The dinosaur has its bones.

• The gift shop opens its doors at nine.

4 Rule 4: its vs it's

its shows who has something. it's means it is.

Right: its color / it's cold

Wrong: it's color

• The hall is big, and its floor is clean.

• The guide blows a whistle because it's time to go.

Practice Time

12 Practice Tasks

Solve each task carefully from easy to hard.

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

1. Choose the correct sentence. (owner)

____ We drink from our water bottles ____ We drink from ours water bottles ____ We drink from us water bottles

2. Choose the correct sentence. (people)

____ They trip to the zoo is fun ____ Their trip to the zoo is fun ____ Thems trip to the zoo is fun

3. Choose the correct sentence. (thing)

____ The museum has it is own guide ____ The museum has it's own guide ____ The museum has its own guide

Part 2: Rewrite each sentence about 'they'

Pattern: "We love our class." becomes "They love their class."

4. Rewrite the sentence. (group)

Original: We find our raincoats.

____ (Type the new sentence here...)

5. Rewrite the sentence. (photos)

Original: We take our photos in the hall.

____ (Type the new sentence here...)

6. Rewrite the sentence. (sound)

Original: We hear our teacher's whistle.

____ (Type the new sentence here...)

Part 3: Fill the gaps

Type the missing word: our, their, or its.

7. Fill the gap. (animal)

The baby dinosaur misses ____ mother's bone.

8. Fill the gap. (classmates)

The classmates pack sandwiches into ____ bags.

9. Fill the gap. (trip)

We stay together because ____ trip starts now.

Part 4: Correct the error in each message

Read the friend's note and write the correct word to fix the mistake.

10. Fix the error. (bus)

"Hi Sam! Look at the classmates over there. They bus is here!"

Write the correct word for "They": ____

11. Fix the error. (bone)

"Dear Mum, the museum is great! I can see a big skeleton, and it's bone is huge."

Write the correct word for "it's": ____

12. Fix the error. (raincoat)

"Hello Amy! It is raining outside, so we must wear ours raincoats."

Write the correct word for "ours": ____

Possessive Adjectives: Our, Their, Its

Possessive adjectives for groups: our / their / its

📋 How to use this lesson

📖 The 4 Rules

12 Practice Tasks

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

Part 2: Rewrite each sentence about 'they'

Part 3: Fill the gaps

Part 4: Correct the error in each message

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