B1 Week van 6-5 bezit 's en much many

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Possessive: 's / ' / of

Grammar 13: Possessive: 's / ' / of

1. 's	- singular (enkelvoud) - names - plural (meervoud) without s - expression indicating time	The dog's tail is short. That is Thomas' bike. This is the children's favorite book. Today 's newspaper .
2. ' (apostrof)	- plural ending in s (meervoud)	The giraffes' neck.

Possessive: 's / ' 

Rule:

Example:

In welke zin wordt een 'possessive 's' gebruikt?

1. My parents live in a large house.
2. He's my best friend.
3. Mary's dog can run very fast.
4. Thomas works as a bus driver.

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

Let’s go to your ________ (friends – house)!

1. friends’s house
2. friends’ house
3. house of your friends

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

This is the ________ (boy – bike)

1. boy’s bike
2. boy’ bike
3. bike of the boy

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

________ (England - capital).

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

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

This is ________ (Peter – book).

1. Peter’s
2. Peter’
3. the book of Peter

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

My ________ (parents – car) was not expensive.

1. parents’s car
2. parents’ car
3. car of my parents

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

These are the ________ (boy – pencils).

1. boys’s pencils
2. boys’ pencils
3. pencils of the boys
4. boy's pencils

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

The ________ (children – room) is upstairs.

1. children’s room
2. children’ room
3. room of the children

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

________ (Charles – CD player) is new.

1. Charles’s CD player
2. Charles’ CD player
3. The CD player of Charles

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ', of)

This is ________ (Peter – book).

1. Peter’s book
2. Peters’ book
3. the book of Peter
4. Peters's book

Wat is de juiste possessive? ('s, ')

________ (John – sister) is twelve years old.

1. John’s sister
2. John’ sister

In welke zin wordt een 'possessive 's' gebruikt?

1. Eve's sick today, she won't come to school.
2. Mandy's car was stolen last night.
3. Joan has got a cat.
4. Dad's not home from work yet.

Write the following sentence with possessive 's :
"the dog of my sister"

Use possessive 's/'/of:
The neighbours garden

Use possessive 's/'/of:
My father ____ car is broken.

Make possessive 's:
Lisa - pen

Make possessive 's:
my dog - bone

Make possessive 's:
the children - toys

Make possessive 's:
my sisters bikes

Make possessive 's:
my sister bikes