's of s' versie 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to today's lesson!

This is Marlin's son

This is Simba's home

This is Billie's dog

These are Harry's glasses

What are these sentences about?

Nemo is Marlin's son.

Those are Harry's glasses.

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

The sentences say something about possessions

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Look at the spelling, what do you notice?

Nemo is Marlin's son.

Those are Harry's glasses.

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

The sentences say something about possessions

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The owner of the possession are written with -'s at the end.

Look at the new sentences, what do you notice?

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

That is the girls' footballteam.

That is the horses' stable.

Look at the new new sentences, what do you notice?

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

That is the girls' footballteam.

That is the horses' stable.

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The owner (singular) of the possession are written with -'s at the end.

The owners (plural) of the possessions are written with s'  at the end.

Look at the new sentences, what do you notice?

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

That is the girls' footballteam.

That is the horses' stable.

Women's rights are human rights.

The geese's goslings

            are swimming.

The owner (singular) of the possession are written with -'s at the end.

The owners (plural) of the possessions that end in -s are written with -s' at the end.

The owners (plural) of the possessions that do NOT end in -s are written with -'s at the end.

Look at the new sentences, what do you notice?

That is Billie's dog. 

This is Simba's home.

That is the girls' footballteam.

That is the horses' stable.

Women's rights are human rights.

The geese's goslings

            are swimming.

The owner (singular) of the possession are written with -'s at the end.

The owners (plural) of the possessions that end in -s are written with -s' at the end.

The owners (plural) of the possessions that do NOT end in -s are written with -'s at the end.

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James.....house.

The businessmen..... meeting.

The zoo....... giftshop.

The rabbit.... carrot.

The tourists...... vacation destination.

Choose the correct form of possessive:
Berlin is ….. (capital/Germany)

1. capital's of Germany
2. Germany's capital
3. Germanys' capital
4. the capital of Germany

Is this sentence correct of not?
He lives in a busy part of the city.

1. correct
4. not correct

Choose the correct form of possessive:
The ….. (ship/name) is Triton.

1. ships name
2. name of the ship
3. ship's name
4. ships'name

Choose the correct form of possessive:
The shop is on the ….. (street/corner).

1. corner of the street.
2. streets corner.
3. streets' corne.r
4. street's corner.

Choose the correct form of possessive:
I love the ….. (smell/roses).

1. roses's smell.
2. roses' smell.
3. rose's smell.
4. the smell of roses.