Possessives + much and many

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

 Today

At the end of this class, you ...

• Can translate the words from vocabulary H
• Know the 3 ways of making the possessive in English
• Have practiced with using the possessive

• Explain grammar: possessive 's' + much and many
• Work on exercises

What is the difference?

Possessive (bezit)

's gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• namen van personen/dieren, ook als ze op een -s eindigen
• enkelvouden
• meervouden die niet op -s eindigen

Ben's bag is blue  /  Ross's bag is blue.

This is my dog's toy.

The children's room are big.

Possessive 

' gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• meervouden die op een -s eindigen

My sisters' rooms are always messy.

Our grandparents' garden is very big.

The giraffes' necks are long.

Possessive 

of gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• dingen
• geografische namen

The door of the house is open.

The leaves of the trees are already brown.

London is the capital of England.

Possessive 

's 

'

of

PLEASE NOTE!

When talking about time, we also use the 's!

Yesterday's newspaper was brought by the mail man.

What will we do at tonight's show?

1. Isn't this ______ book?

1. Peter
2. Peter's
3. Peters'
4. Peters

2. _____ trousers can be found on the top floor.

1. Men
2. Mens
3. Men's
4. Mens'

3. They are painting the ____ room this week.

1. Children's
2. Childrens
3. Childrens'
4. Children

4. Did you read ______ newspaper?

1. Yesterday
2. Yesterdays
3. Yesterdays'
4. Yesterday's

5. David is ______ husband.

1. Anne's
2. Annes
3. Annes'
4. Anne

6. All the _____ books were in their lockers.

1. boys's
2. boyss
3. boys'
4. boys

7. My ________ house is pretty far away.

1. grandparents's
2. grandparentss
3. grandparents'
4. grandparents

much & many

Much & many = veel 

Much	Many
Ontelbaar Ontkennende zinnen (-zin) I don't have much money Vraagzinnen (? zin) Do you have much work to do?	Telbaar Ontkennende zinnen (- zin) I don't have many games at home. Vraagzinnen (? zin) Do you have many biscuits left?

Much/many

Veel/ enkele

How many doors are there in this classroom?

Hoeveel deuren zijn er in dit klaslokaal?

How much time do we have left?

Hoeveel tijd hebben we nog over?

Many

Countable nouns

We gebruiken many wanneer we iets kunnen tellen.

- There are many tables in this classroom

- There are many students in this classroom

- There aren't many teachers in this classroom

Much

Uncountable nouns

We gebruiken much wanneer iets niet telbaar is.

- I don't have much time

- There isn't much water left in my bottle

- We have too much homework

There's so ...... grass outside!

1. many
2. much

I've eaten so ..... chocolate eggs during easter!

1. Many
2. Much

We have way too ___ homework!

1. many
2. much

There are ..... trees outside

1. Many
2. Much

I don't have .... water left in this bottle. Luckily, I've got ..... more bottles of water!

1. Much/Much
2. Many/much
3. Many/Many
4. Much/many

much/many?
tables

much/many?
pizza slices

much/many?
fruit

much/many?
sun

much/many?
books

Translate:
Veel geld (use much/many)

Stepping Stones

Finished?

Continue reading "Middle school the worst years of my life"

Do: 

Complete all exercises on pages 74 t/m 77

Chapter 5 -->  Your world --> E writing and grammar

Links to practise:

Possessive

MUCH or MANY?