Possesive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Possessive

Bezit = ‘s ‘ of

my, mine of mine

Schedule

Wat	Hoelang
Start van de les	5 min
Uitleg + lessonup	10-15 min
LearnBeat	15 min
Afsluitingsvraag	5 min

1. Personen en dieren 

's komt na het zelfstandig naamwoord : 

Adam's bike

Beethhoven's fifth

The company's profits

Dit geldt ook voor namen die eindigen op een s!

Chris's car

2. Meervoud eindigend op s

Bij zelfstandige naamwoorden en namen in het meervoud komt de apostrof (') na de meervoudsvorm. Engelse meervouden eindigen meestal op een -s.

a lovers’ quarrel
my brothers’ friends 
the EU countries’ economies

3. Onderdeel van iets 

Bij dingen, plaatsen en landendie onderdeel zijn van iets gebruikt je of

The back of the car.

The capital of Spain.

Are the following sentences right or wrong?

This is John's book.

1. Right
2. Wrong

My sister's cat is named Pinky.

1. Right
2. Wrong

The children's teacher is very good.

1. Right
2. Wrong

The students' bags.

1. Right
2. Wrong

Thomas' jumper is red.

1. Right
2. Wrong

A lovers' quarrel.

1. Right
2. Wrong

My brother's bicycles are blue.

1. Right
2. Wrong

(INFO: 1 woman, 2 women)
Womens' rights are important.

1. Right
2. Wrong

Fill in: The ... (dog) toy.

Fill in: This is ..... (Peter) book.

Fill in: Let's go to the .... (Smiths).

Fill in: (Elena) ...... book.

Fill in: The .... (cat) name is Tiger.

Fill in: The ... (student) names.

Possessive Pronouns

My birthday	His birthday is after mine .
Your dog	Is that dog yours ?
His CDs	Those CDs are his .
Her money	The money is all hers .
Its legs	Difference between its and it's
Our laptop	You can borrow ours .
Their friends	They introduced some friends of theirs .

We use the first row with possessive pronouns at the beginning of a noun phrase.

We use the second row without a noun following:

That is my coat. (coat is a noun)

That coat is mine. (no noun following)

The meaning is similar, but the words that follow (or don't) are different

possessive pronouns:
I met ________ mother (haar).

1. mine
2. theirs
3. ours
4. her

Possessive pronouns:
... (Hun) house is over there.

1. Their
2. Theirs
3. They
4. Them

I have a pen --> This is             pen --> This pen is 

She has a car --> that is              car --> That car is              

We have a ball -> That is              ball -> That ball is 

our

mine

hers

my

her

ours

his

it

its

their

theirs

your

yours

Ik weet hoe ik de juiste bezitsvorm op moet schrijven.

😒🙁😐🙂😃

LearnBeat

Possessive

Questions? 

Meer uitleg staat bij opdracht 6 en 7 van paragraaf 2.4. Lees dit goed door. Check of je deze opdracht foutloos kan maken.

Good luck!