Recap of possessives [ 's / ' / of ]

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Today's plan

• Aims
• Repeating the possessives
• Practise with possessives
• Aims check

Aims of today

At the end of this lesson

... You can think of possessives in English 

... You can write down the possessives in English

possessives

Do you remember? 's

's is used for

- Singular forms : The cat's tail is beautiful

- Names of people or animals: Max's car / Max' car

- Plural forms that don't end in -s : The people's wishes.

- Expressions with indicate time : Today's news

Plural names

- Plural names of people, animals and things will ONLY receive a '

- The students' test. My parents' car. 

Of

Of is used to connect two things together. 

- The capital of Germany is Berlin.

- I live at the corner of the street.

- Billy is a friend of Rick.

00:28

Mirabel is _________________

1. The Madrigals'
2. The family Madrigal's
3. Part of the Madrigal family
4. Part of the Madrigals's

01:04

Mirabel says: Abuela runs this show!
The show is __________

1. Abuelas
2. Abuela's
3. Abuelas'
4. Abuela'

01:31

Mirabel takes the ___________ coffee from the little boy.

1. grown-ups'
2. grown-up's
3. grown-ups
4. growns-up

01:59

The gift of healing people with food is ____________.

1. Julietas
2. Julietas's
3. Julietas'
4. Julieta's

02:27

We saw the husbands _________________.

1. of Pepa and Julieta
2. from Pepa and Julieta
3. Pepa and Julieta
4. Pepa's and Julieta's

03:06

The gift of perfect hearing is ____________.

1. Doloreses
2. Dolores
3. Dolore's
4. Dolores' / Dolores's

03:28

Isabela and Luisa are _______________.

1. Mirabel's
2. the sisters of Mirabel
3. Mirabels
4. Mirabels's sisters

The aims were...

At the end of this lesson

... You can think of possessives in English when listening to a song

... You can write down the possessives in English

How do you feel about the possessives now?

I understand everything

I almost understand it

I want to practise some more

I understand them a little

I don't understand them at all