Meervoud & Bezit

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Today we are going to..

learn about plural nouns & possessive 's + ' + of ! 

Meervoud zelfstandige naamwoorden

Plural Nouns:

studio

1. studios
2. studioes
3. studio's
4. studion

Plural Nouns:

kiss

1. kisses
2. kiss
3. kiss'
4. kises

Plural Nouns:

hobby

1. hobby's
2. hobbys
3. hobbies
4. hobbyes

Meervoud van
day + butterfly

Plural Nouns:

wolf

1. wolves
2. wolvs
3. wolfs
4. wolfes

Plural noun

man?

1. men
2. man
3. mens
4. mans

Plural nouns (onregelmatig)

BEZIT (van) : 's / ' /  of 

Which possessive is correct?
De honden van de jongens

1. The boys' dogs.
2. The boy's dogs.
3. The dogs of the boys.
4. boys's dogs.

Which 'possesive' is written correctly?
De vrienden van Anna.

1. Annas' friends.
2. Anna's friend.
3. The friends of Anna.
4. Anna's friends.

Vertaal:
1. My sister's cat.
2. My sisters' cat.

's  or  '

  

sister (zus)      sisters (zussen )

 's :             my sister's cat (de kat van mijn zus) 

' :   my sisters' cat (de kat van mijn zussen)

Possessive (bezit)

1. mensen en dieren

2. Meervouden die niet op een -s eindigen

3. Tijdsaanduidingen

4. Naam

1. My boyfriend's phone. The cat's whiskers.

2. Men's clothing.

3.Yesterday's newspaper

4. Ben & Jerry's

 

's

Possessive (bezit)

1. mensen en dieren

2. meervouden die op -s eindigen

My parents' car. (mum and dad)

His siblings' hobby.

'

De telefoon van mijn moeder is kapot.

of    (geen 's / ')

dingen + plaatsen + landen 

The cap of the bottle.

The top of the mountain.

The capital of Germany.

They have painted
"We love rock and roll", on ...

1. the garage's door.
2. the garages' door.
3. the door of the garage.
4. the door's of the garage.

Her grandparents are Mexican, and when she travels to Mexico she stays on her ...

1. grandparent's farm.
2. farm of her grandparents.
3. grandparents' farm.
4. grandparents farm.

After her divorce, Maria has problems. She thinks that her ex-husband doesn't understand ...

1. the difficulties of her situation.
2. her situation's difficulties.
3. her situations' difficulties.
4. the difficulties' of her situation.

Let's check what you remember... what belongs where?

's

'

... of ...

The children ...... pencils. 

 

My parents ....... house.   

Our friend..... apartment is a mess.  

The roof.... the building. 

The outskirts ..... India.   

The back .....the car.

At the hairdresser......

 I found the students...... books on that desk over there.

Meervoud & Bezit