Possessive, much and many

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Learning objective

I can use the possessive and much and many correctly.

Possessive ('s)

You use 's to indicate possession with:

- singular forms

- names of persons and animals, also if they end in -s already.

- plural forms that don't end in -s.

- expressions which indicate time.

Possessive ('s)

Examples:

The dog's collar is green.

That is Thomas's/Thomas' bike.

This children's book is my favourite.

Today's newspaper.

Possessive (')

Plural names of people, animals and things ending in -s only get a '.

The giraffes' necks.

My parents' house.

The elephants' ears.

However, NOT  children' but children's.

Possessive (of)

Of is used to connect two things together. It is used with things and geographical names.

The name of the ship is Triton.

The corner of the street.

The capital of Australia.

Wat is een possessive?

1. werkwoordsvorm
2. voegwoord
3. bezitsvorm
4. persoonsvorm

Welke "Possessive" is GOED geschreven?

1. Peter's grandparents
2. Peters grandparents
3. Peters' grandparents
4. The grandparents of Peter

Much & Many

Much and Many mean "a large amount of" or "a lot of". To know if you need to use much or many, you check if you can count something. In the examples below you can replace 'two'with many.

Two beach balls - Many beach balls.

Two panda bears - Many panda bears.

Is the word 'water' countable?

1. Countable
2. Uncountable

Is the word 'book' countable?

1. Countable
2. Uncountable

Much & Many

When a word is counted in units, such as sand (kilos), training (hours) or time (seconds, minutes, hours etc.), you use much to say there is a lot of these things.

How much sand is there in the desert?

Did the dolphin need much training?

We don't have much time.

Which word should be used to complete the sentence: There are ____ books on the shelf.

1. Much
2. Many

Which word should be used to complete the sentence: ____ money do you have in your bank account?

1. How much
2. How many

_______ times

1. many
2. much

Welke "Possessive" is GOED geschreven?

1. My grandparents house
2. My grandparent's house
3. My grandparents' house
4. The house of my grandparents

Welke "Possessive" is GOED geschreven?

1. The trees leaves
2. The tree's leaves
3. The trees' leaves
4. The leaves of the trees

Welke "Possessive" is GOED geschreven?

1. A birds nest
2. A bird's nest
3. A birds' nest
4. The nest of the bird

Welke "Possessive" is GOED geschreven?

1. The mens toilets
2. The men's toilets
3. The mens' toilet
4. The toilet of the men

_____ time

1. many
2. much