Les possessive 's ' of

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Today's plan

- Check homework

- Possessives

- Work

- Game?

Aims of today

At the end of this lesson

... You can think of possessives in English 

... You can write down the possessives in English

's / s' / of

My sister's name is Ming.

Ming's son is called Zayn. 

 's

's is used for

- Enkelvoud : The cat's tail is beautiful

- Namen van mensen/dieren: Max's car 

- Expressions with indicate time : Today's news

Let op!

Namen die al op een -s eindigen, zoals Thomas of Thijs, krijgen alsnog de 's.

 

Bij een persoon (NAAM) moet je standaard de 's gebruiken. 

--> Ook al eindigt het op een -s.

When do I also use 's?

We gebruiken ook 's wanneer de meervoud van een woord niet eindigt met -s.

Children

Men

Women

This is the men's/women's bathroom

That's the children's toys

Possessive '

Je gebruikt de ' als een woord in het meervoud eindigt op een s.

Als het woord niet eindigt op een "s", dan gebruik je 's. 

• Elephants' ears are big
• The giraffes' necks are long
• The children's room is big

Of

Of is used to connect two things together. (Als iets van iets is)

--> dingen

--> plaatsen/landen

- The capital of Germany is Berlin. (Geografische

- I live at the corner of the street.

00:28

Mirabel is _________________

1. The Madrigals'
2. The family Madrigal's
3. Part of the Madrigal family
4. Part of the Madrigals's

01:04

Mirabel says: Abuela runs this show!
The show is __________

1. Abuelas
2. Abuela's
3. Abuelas'
4. Abuela'

01:31

Mirabel takes the ___________ coffee from the little boy.

1. grown-ups'
2. grown-up's
3. grown-ups
4. growns-up

01:59

The gift of healing people with food is ____________.

1. Julietas
2. Julietas's
3. Julietas'
4. Julieta's

02:27

We saw the husbands _________________.

1. of Pepa and Julieta
2. from Pepa and Julieta
3. Pepa and Julieta
4. Pepa's and Julieta's

03:06

The gift of perfect hearing is ____________.

1. Doloreses
2. Dolores
3. Dolore's
4. Dolores' / Dolores's

03:28

Isabela and Luisa are _______________.

1. Mirabel's
2. the sisters of Mirabel
3. Mirabels
4. Mirabels's sisters

And now... work!

Lesson 4 - Ex. 6 t/m 8

Lesson 4 - Ex. 1 t/m 4

Study words & expressions: Lesson 4 

The aims were...

At the end of this lesson

... You can think of possessives in English when listening to a song

... You can write down the possessives in English

How do you feel about the possessives now?

I understand everything

I almost understand it

I want to practise some more

I understand them a little

I don't understand them at all

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