POSSESSIVES WITH GERUNDS

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Let’s remember that…

Play Playing

Sing Singing

Eat Eating
A GERUND is… is A verb + ing
Love Loving

Read Reading

Run Running

Study Studying
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EXPLANATION
In this topic, the most important thing
to pay attention to is the
person or people, thing or things doing the action.

Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)

What is the action?

Who is doing the action?

How does it make me feel?

Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)
Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)
.

Idea 1
Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)
.

Idea 1 Idea 2
Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)

Idea 1 Let’s combine them

Idea 2
Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)

Idea 1 Let’s combine them

Idea 2

Those kids’ talking during the movie annoyed me.

Let’s analyze…
Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)
.

Idea 1 Let’s combine them

Idea
2
Those kids’ talking during the movie annoyed me.
Esa “habladera” de esos chicos durante la película me molestó
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This is the Whose action is it?

action

Those kids’ talking during the movie annoyed me.

The action belongs to the

That’s why we use the
kids. possessive (‘s)
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We have another way to do it

Those kids’ talking during the movie

annoyed me.
or

Their talking during the movie annoyed me.

Because it is Those kids’ talking

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Another example…
The girl plays the piano beautifully. (I am surprised)

What is the action?

Who is doing the action?

How does it make me feel?

Let’s analyze…
The girl plays the piano beautifully.. (I am surprised)
.

Idea 1 Let’s combine them

Idea 2

The girl’s playing the piano surprised me.

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We have another way to do it

The girl’s playing the piano surprised me.

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We have another way to do it

The girl’s playing the piano surprised me.

or

Her playing the piano surprised me.

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Let’s Practice
• For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with the possessive
adjective which agrees with the noun or pronoun shown in brackets. For
example:
barking kept us awake. (the
dog)
Its barking kept us awake.
arriving on time was fortunate.
(we)
Our arriving on time was fortunate.

1. following the guidelines was a good

idea. (you)
2. agreeing to forward the mail was
helpful. (the students)
3. answering the questions so easily was
unexpected. (he)
4. driving the car saved a great deal of
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For more practice, check out the following site:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm