Possesive

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• Leerjaar 1

Possessive

Possessive (Bezitsvorm)

Je gebruikt 's of '  om aan te geven dat iets van iemand is.

• Person or animal singular  -  's         Pam's dress /The lion's tail
  
  
• Person or animal plural - '    My brothers' rooms / The dogs' toys
  
  
• Person or animal singular but ends with s - either 's or ' 
                                                                                              James's bike or James' bike

Possessive (Bezitsvorm)

Je gebruikt 's  of  '  bij uitdrukkingen van tijd.

• This trail is at least an hour's walk.
• In a few days we will finally have a week's holiday.
• The Christmas holiday is always a two weeks' holiday.

Possessive (Bezitsvorm)

Je gebruikt ...of... aan te geven dat twee dingen bij elkaar horen. 

• The colour of his hair.
• The most wanted criminal of Eindhoven.
• The smell of roses.
  

Je gebruikt ...of... aan te geven dat geographische locaties bij elkaar horen.

• The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.
• The city of Mumbai is extremely crowded.

Which "Possessive"
is CORRECT?

1. This is Marys' car.
2. This is Mary's car.
3. This is Marys's car.
4. This is Marys car.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. New York's streets
2. New York its streets
3. New Yorks' streets
4. The streets of New York

Which possessive is
CORRECT?

1. The trees leaves
2. The tree's leaves
3. The trees' leaves
4. The leaves of the trees

Which possessive
is correct?

1. I drove in my bosses car.
2. I drove in my boss' car.
3. I drove in my boss's car.
4. I drove in my boss car.

Which possessive
is correct?

1. The lenght's of his tie.
2. The tie's lenght.
3. The lenght of his tie.
4. The lenght of the tie's.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. This is Peter's pocket money.
2. This is the pocket money of Peter
3. This is the money of Peters' pocket.
4. This Peter Pocket's money.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. The clothes' colours.
2. The colour of the clothes.
3. The clothe's colours.
4. The colour's of the colthes.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. My grandparents house
2. My grandparent's house
3. My grandparents' house
4. The house of my grandparents

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. A day's work.
2. The work of a day.
3. A day's work.
4. The work of a day's.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. The height of the door of the classroom.
2. The classrooms' door height.
3. The height of the classrooms door.
4. The door's height of the classroom.

Which possessive
is correct?

1. The late Queens' dogs
2. The late Queen's dogs
3. The dogs of the late Queen.
4. The dog's late queen.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. My parent's sailboat is blue.
2. My parents's sailboat is blue.
3. My parents' sailboat is blue.
4. My parents sailboat is blue.

Possessive
Which is correct?

1. The tables' legs.
2. The legs of the table.
3. The legs' table.
4. The table's legs.

Which possessive is
CORRECT?

1. The end's lesson.
2. The end of the lessons'.
3. The end of the lesson.
4. The lesson's end.