2.5 The possessive 's

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Possession

Bezit

Content

1. Herhaling possesive pronouns

2. uitleg possessive 's

3. uitleg possessive '

4. uitleg of the

5. oefeningen

possessive 's

John's book

Tess's car

The men's bathroom

The butcher's (shop)

A week's travel

Enkelvoud --> 's

Meervoud --> geen -S --> 's 

possessive '

My sisters' books

The boys' trousers

Two weeks' travel

Meervoud die op -S eindigt --> alleen '

of the

The door of the classroom

The capital of Portugal

The back of the house

Bij niet levende dingen gebruik je of the

Let op: er zijn uitzonderingen

Peter has a car. It's ... car.

1. my
2. your
3. his
4. her

You have a house. It's ... house

1. my
2. your
3. his
4. its

We have a dog. It's ... dog.

1. my
2. your
3. their
4. our

They have a cat. It's ... cat

1. our
2. my
3. their
4. your

I have a laptop. It's ... laptop

1. your
2. their
3. our
4. my

Chad and Mike have a sister.
It's ... sister

1. his
2. her
3. our
4. their

Fred and I have a bike.
It's ... bike

1. my
2. our
3. their
4. his

This is my bike --> this bike is .....

1. my's
2. mine
3. mys
4. mines

That is your book --> That book is ....

1. yours
2. youres
3. your's
4. your

This is her guitar --> This guitar is ...

1. her
2. hairs
3. hers
4. herses

That is our table --> That table is ...

1. our
2. hour
3. hours
4. ours

This book is ..........

1. their
2. theirs
3. your
4. my

Choose the correct one

1. This is my sisters book
2. This is my sisters' book
3. This is my sisters's book
4. This is the book of my sisters

Choose the correct option

1. That is Samis phone
2. That is the phone of Sami
3. That is Samis' phone
4. That is Sami's phone

Choose the correct option

1. Those are my parents shoes
2. Those are my parents's shoes
3. Those are my parents' shoes
4. Those are the shoes of my parents

Choose the correct option

1. that is Tess's book
2. that is Tess' book
3. that is Tesss book
4. That is the book of Tess

Choose the correct option

1. These are Michaels' feet
2. These are Michael's feet
3. These are Michaels feet
4. These are the feet of Michael

Choose the correct option

1. the windows of the house
2. the house's windows
3. the house' windows

Choose the correct option

1. the wall's colours
2. the colours of the walls
3. the walls' colours

Exercise 1

Match each pronoun to its correct buddy

I

You

He

She

It

We

They

Our

Her

Its

My

Their

His

Your

Exercise 2

Type the correct possessive pronoun

Only type the missing word!

We have a sister. ___ sister is sixteen.

Boys wear jeans. __ jeans are blue.

The hospital has fifty rooms. __ rooms are great.

Dave has ten pets. __ pets are cute.

You have a nice dress. ___ dress is beautiful.

A giraffe has four legs. __ legs are long.

Artists draw pictures. __ pictures are nice.

That's my pen --> This pen is ___

These are her donuts --> These donuts are __

They have glasses --> These glasses are ___

These are our cookies --> These cookies are ___

Exercise 3

Finish the sentences by typing ' or 's

Type the whole sentence!

This is the (boys / book).

I lost my keys in my (parents / house).

The (men/bathroom) is closed today.

The (girl/hair) is brown.

My (dog/paws) are very big.

What is the answer to the (teacher/question)?

(Bram/shirt) is black.

This (Jess/cat).

Exercise 4

Extra practice

Do the WordWall on the next page

Exercise 5

Extra challenge

Make 3 sentences using 's correctly

Make 3 sentences using ' correctly

Be creative!

Make 3 sentences using 's

Make 3 sentences using '