Whose Bag Is This? Pronouns at the Lost-Property Desk

Your task

You help at a community centre. Three things are on the lost-property desk. Read the owner list, choose the right words, then practise two short conversations. You need about 20 minutes. You do not need to know the colours in the picture.

Meet the owners

Mia owns the striped bag. Ben owns the umbrella with the curved handle. Leila and Omar own the notebook with the star. They use the notebook together. The desk assistant does not own these things.

Picture key: Mia → striped bag; Ben → curved-handle umbrella; Leila and Omar → star notebook. This written key gives the same information as the picture.

Read the desk conversation

Assistant: Hello, Mia. Is this your bag? Mia: Yes, it is mine. Thank you. Assistant: Ben, is the umbrella yours? Ben: Yes. Please give it to me. Assistant: And the notebook? Leila: It is ours. Omar and I use it for our class. Assistant: Good. I can give it to you now.

Check the information and the language

Practise two exchanges

Your turn · self-review

Speak or write

Use the owner list. Your wording may vary. Compare the models; these answers are for self-check, not automatic grading.

Practice only. Your writing stays on this page; it is not submitted or saved.

1. 1Ask Mia about the bag. Answer as Mia.
   Model answer and explanation

   Assistant: Is this your bag? Mia: Yes, it is mine. Thank you.

2. 2Ask Leila and Omar about the notebook. Answer as one of them.
   Model answer and explanation

   Assistant: Is this your notebook? Leila: Yes, it is ours. Please give it to us.

Self-check: Did I choose the correct owner? Did I use your before a noun and mine or ours without one? Did I use an object form after to? Read each exchange aloud once slowly, then once naturally.

A short ownership message

Write one message to the desk about one of your own things. Model: Hello. The striped bag is mine. Please keep it for me. Thank you. Change the object and details. Check that the reader can identify the thing.