7.2 possessive 's

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

First: marking the homework

Student's book page 9

Telling the time: exercise 1

Workbook page (in SOM) : All exercises 

Possessive (bezit)

's

When do you use apostrophe +s? 

• Names
• People, animals, things that are singular
• words that are plural but do NOT end with an S

I like Tara's hair.

Who took Anthony's pen?

The cat's whiskers.

Men's clothing.

Possessive (bezit)

'

My parents' car. (parents = meervoud met een s)

His siblings' hobby. (siblings = meervoud met een s)

When do you only use an apostrophe? 

• Plural words that do end with an S

Why do we use 's here?

my friend's car
that dog's toy
Jaimy's bike

Why do we only use ' here?

my parents' house
those ladies' shoes
the students' books

Isn't this ______ book?

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

They are painting the ____ room this week.

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

_____ trousers can be found on the top floor.

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

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

Sarah is ______ aunt. (Emily)

1. Emily's
2. Emilys'
3. Emilies

Time to practice! 

Student's book page 11: exercise 5 and 6

Do the exercises on the scanned workbook page in SOM