Clothes

Exercise 1: Clothes 
Exercise 2: Clothing Vocabulary

Possessives

Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

1. Forms of Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Person	Pronoun	Adjective
1st singular	mine	my
2nd	yours	your
3rd (female)	hers	her
3rd (male)	his	his
3rd (neutral)	its	its
1st plural	ours	our
3rd plural	theirs	their

2. Using Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

A possessive pronoun is used instead of a noun:

Julie's car is red. Mine is blue.

A possessive adjective is usually used to describe a noun, and it comes before it, like other adjectives:

My car is bigger than her car.

Remember:There are no apostrophes in possessive pronouns and adjectives.

The dog wagged its tail.

“It's” is not a possessive pronoun or adjective — it means “it is”:

It's not my dog.

When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises.

Exercise 1: Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Exercise 2: Choose  a possessive adjective or a possessive pronoun

Present continuous statements

The Present Progressive Tense

Spelling Tip

Verbing (Present Participle)

• Add ing to most verbs. Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > barking
• For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing. Ex: slide > sliding, ride > riding
• For verbs that end in ie, change the ie to y and add ing. Ex: die > dying, tie > tying
• For a verb whose last syllable is written with a consonant-vowel-consonant and is stressed, double the last letter before adding ing. Ex: beg > begging, begin > beginning. However: enter > entering(last syllable is not stressed)

The present progressive tense is often overused by non-native speakers of English. It should only be used in the following contexts:

To describe an incomplete action which is in progress at the moment of speaking; usually with time expressions such as: now, at the moment, right now.

1. (During a phone call or in an e-mail) We are discussing the project at the moment.

To describe a plan or arrangement in the near future; usually with time expressions such as: tonight, tomorrow, this week, this Monday.

1. Jim‘s leaving for Brussels this evening.

To express actions that are repeated regularly; usually with a negative meaning and with the time expressions: always or forever.

1. Her husband is always complaining about his health.

Note: A common mistake is using this form to describe what a company sells or produces. In general, a company sells something on a regular basis, so you need to use the present simple tense and not the present progressive.

• Incorrect: We are producing high-end plastic pipes.
• Correct: We produce high-end plastic pipes.
• Correct: That company is always selling some cheap gadget. (negative meaning)

The present progressive (continuous) is formed using am, is or are together with the ing (present participle) form of the verb.

Exercise 1: Present continuous 
Exercise 2:  Choose the correct form

Present continuous yes/no questions

Forming a question

Yes/no questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence. WH-questions are formed by moving the verb BE, and then adding the WH- word. Here are the rules:

Statement	Yes/no question	WH- question
I am eating.	Am I eating?	What am I eating?
You are crying.	Are you crying?	Why are you crying?
He is going.	Is he going?	Where is he going?
She is arriving.	Is she arriving?	When is she arriving?
It is sleeping.	Is it sleeping?	Why is it sleeping?
We are leaving.	Are we leaving?	When are we leaving?
They are fighting.	Are they fighting?	Why are they fighting?

Exercise 1: Present continuous: questions and short answers
Exercise 2: Questions in Present Progressive