Theme 5 - Grammar - Possesive / Negations

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Grab your books and have a look at

vocabulary C & D for the M.O.

By the end of this lesson, you :

 

• will know how to use negations (ontkenningen)
• will know how to use the posessive form (bezittelijke vorm)
• are able to tell apart possesives (bezittelijke vormen) and plurals (meervoudsvormen)

Look at the following sentences and write down what you think they mean.

1. About 70% of a bear's diet is vegetarian.

2. Praying Mantises' bites are not dangerous.

3. Silk fowls don't really have feathers, they have fur.

4. A crocodile's teeth are really sharp.

5. I haven't got a dog, I have a cat.

What is the difference between these sentences?

1. Jules has a new book

   Jules hasn't got a new book.

2. We have messy rooms.

    We don't have messy rooms. 

1. Jules has a new book

   Jules hasn't got a new book. 

2. We have messy rooms.

    We don't have messy rooms. 

have not got   >   haven't got
has not got   >   hasn't got
do not have   >   don't have
does not have   >   doesn't have 

Zo maak je ontkenningen!

This is how you form negations! 

Look at these sentences. Write down why they are different/what they mean.
 

1. Jacks seem to be very messy people.
   Jack's room is one big mess.

   Jonas's room is very tidy.   

2. My sisters have a lot of nice friends.

    My sister's friends are all very nice.     
    My sisters' friends are all very nice.

1. Jacks seem to be very messy people.
All people named "Jack" seem to be messy.
 

    Jack's room is one big mess.
One boy named Jack has a very messy room. 
 

   Jonas's room is very tidy. 
One boy named Jonas has a very tidy room. 

2. My sisters have a lot of nice friends.
I have more than one sister, all of them have nice friends.

 

    My sister's friends are all very nice.  

I am talking about one sister, her friends are really nice.  

 

     My sisters' friends are all very nice.

I am talking about more than one of my sisters, all of their friends are really nice.

-s for plurals (meervoud)

My sisters have a lot of nice friends. 
 

-'s for possessive (bezit)
My sister's friends are all very nice.   

-' for plurals + possesive (meervoud en bezittelijk)    
My sisters' friends are all very nice. 

For things and geography, we use of

The front door of the house is red.

The branches of the tree are brown.

London is the capital of England.  

Look at the following sentences again.

Did you get their meaning right?

1. About 70% of a bear's diet is vegetarian.

2. Praying Mantises' bites are not dangerous.

3. Silk fowls don't really have feathers, they have fur.

4. A crocodile's teeth are really sharp.

5. I haven't got a dog, I have a cat.

Do # 12, 13 & 14

Check if you understand negations (ontkenningen) and the possessive (bezittelijk) form