Possessive 's - ' - of

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• Leerjaar 2

Possessive 's - ' - of

Bezit aanduiden

Even je kennis opfrissen...

Ken je deze nog?

Possessive (bezit)

's

namen, mensen en dieren enkelvoud

meervouden die niet op een s eindigen

uitdrukkingen van tijd

Who took Anthony's pen?

The cat's whiskers.

Meg and Tara's bicycles are stolen.

Men's clothing.

This is today's newspaper.

Possessive (bezit)

meervouden die op s eindigen

My parents' car.

His siblings' hobby.

'

Possessive (bezit)

Bij enkelvoud namen of dieren die op s eindigen, mag je allebei doen. 

Lucas's phone    -   Lucas' phone

Idris's snake    -   Idris' snake

Octopus's home    -   Octopus' home

' of 's

Possessive (bezit)

dingen van dingen

geografische namen

The  roof  of  the  house.

The  capital  of  England.

Please  open  the  door  of  this  room.

 The name of the school

of

Examples

 the car of John = John's car

the room of the girls = the girls' room

     clothes for men  = men's clothes

the boat of the sailors = the sailors' boat

Other examples

For Pete's sake!             (= exclamation of exasperation)

a stone's throw away     (= very near)

in my mind's eye           (= in my imagination)

Shall we go to Luigi's for lunch?

I've got an appointment at the dentist's at eleven o'clock.

Is Saint Mary's an all-girls school?

The ship's captain is at shore.

Examples with time

Examples with time

a day's work

a month's pay

today's newspaper

in a year's time

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

Which is correct?

1. The name of the ship
2. The ship's name

_____ 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

Which is correct?

1. The window of the room
2. The room's window

6. All the _____ books were in their lockers.

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

My ________ house is pretty far away.

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

_______ money has been stolen.

1. Liss
2. Liss's
3. Li'ss
4. Liss'

Which is correct?

1. England's capital
2. The capital of England

Which is correct?

1. These are our friends cats.
2. These are our friends' cats.
3. These are the cats of our friends.

_______ and ______ bags are black. (Jack – Joe)

1. Jack's / Joe's
2. Jack / Joe's
3. Jack / Joes
4. Jack's / Joe

Where is the ______ shower? (ladies)

1. ladies
2. ladies'
3. ladies's

Let's meet at _____ for lunch. (Giovanni)

1. Giovannis
2. Giovannis'
3. Giovanni's

A _________ prey is very small

1. mantis'
2. mantis's
3. mantis
4. mantiss

Sarah is ______ aunt. (Emily)

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

I understand Possessive 's and can use it in a sentence.

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