W1 week of April 11, lesson 2: possessive forms

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Start 

- Work in a group of three or four.

- Turn to page 65

- Do the Taboo - exercise. 

- In about 10 minutes, I will ask a few of you to play the game with me. 

Today's learning goals 

- I can use the possessive form (grammar chapter 5, 1) 

- I can talk about animals and their behaviour (speaking and words chapter 5, 3) 

- I know words for animals and their behaviour (speaking and words chapter 5, 1 again) 

Homework check 

Please take your books so we can have a look! 

(Starting with exercise 11) 

Genitive / possessive form 

You use a genitive or possessive form when you're talking about 1. WHO owns WHAT  - My mother's job. 

2. WHAT owns WHO - The company's workers 

3. WHAT owns WHAT - the roof of the house 

(Nowadays we frown upon people owning other people)  

Task 1 

Without any help from me, do exercise 30 on page 74 and try to find the rule. 

I will ask you about it in a few minutes 

Possessive: 's, ' and ... of ...

Vaste -s! Toch?!?

Je hebt geleerd dat woorden in het meervoud ALTIJD 

een vaste -s krijgen.

boy - boys / baby - babies.

Maar toch heeft de Engelse taal ook 's !

The boy's dog was black and white.

Uitleg

Als je wilt zeggen dat iets van iemand is, zet je meestal ‘s achter de eigenaar:

Dat is de auto van Frank. = That is Frank‘s car.

De kamer van mijn zus is een zooi. = My sister‘s room is a mess.

Het voedsel van de kat is smerig. = The cat‘s food is gross.

De vriendin van Kees is knap. = Kees‘s girlfriend is pretty.

Als de eigenaar én in het meervoud staat én al eindigt op een s, zet je alleen een ‘ achter de eigenaar:

Het huis van mijn ouders is groot. = My parents‘ house is big.

Het haar van zijn vriendin is kort. = His friends‘ hair is short.

Als je wilt zeggen dat iets van een persoon/dier is, zet je meestal ‘s achter de eigenaar:

My sister‘s room is a mess.

The cat‘s food is gross.

Kees‘s girlfriend is pretty.

Als de eigenaar én in het meervoud staat én al eindigt op een s, zet je alleen een ‘ achter de eigenaar:

My parents‘ house is big.

Let op!

• als iets bij een ding hoort of een geografische locatie is, dan gebruik je ... of ...

   -   the roof of the school

   -   the city of Amsterdam

•  Bij woorden van tijd gebruik je bij enkelvoud 's en bij meervoud '

- today's weather / a three weeks' holiday

Let op!

's wordt ook gebruikt bij he/she/it + is

• It's betekent it is
  

It's raining right now

• Its betekent van het

The plant is in its pot

Isn't this ____ book?

1. Peter
2. Peter's
3. Peters'

They are painting the ____ room this week.

1. children's
2. childrens
3. childrens'

Did you read ___ newspaper?

1. yesterdays
2. yesterdays'
3. yesterday's

My ____ house is pretty far away.

1. grandparents's
2. grandparents'
3. grandparents

Which one is correct?

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

Which one is correct?

1. Our friend's cats
2. The cats of our friend

Which one is correct?

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

Let's get some more practice! 

I have nine of these little boards with a marker. There are 22 of you. This means that I want 5 pairs and 4 groups of three. 

I will give you quite a few forms. They all have the form  This.... belongs to... 

Your job is to change that to a possessive form. You discuss quickly in your group and then write the correct possessive form on your little board. 

There's an example on the next slide. For each question you've got 30 minutes. No pressure ;-) 

This pillow belongs to the cat. It is ...... 

The cat's pillow 

This book belongs to Charles. 
It is.... 

 

This roof belongs to the school. 
It is..... 

 

This room belongs to our teachers 
It is..... 

 

This bike belongs to Anna.
It is... 

 

These books belong to the children. 
They are....  

 

This pizza belongs to James. 

It is.... 

 

These treats belong to the dogs. 
They are..... 

 

This pencil case belongs to Luke. 
It is..... 

 

Time for exercise 31 and 32 

Get to work on the exercises. We'll check them in about ten minutes. 

Early finishers can start work on the individual exercises in D- Speaking: 24a. 

Homework, so write it down: revise (herhalen) the Theme Words on page 96; study the words with A: Watching (also 96) 

Speaking 

With a partner, do speaking exercises 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Then, find a group of 4 and do 29. Give each other feedback using the evaluation form. 

5 minutes before the end of this class, I expect you all to open the GPL tool again. 

GPL tool 

Take a look at the learning goals: 
- I can use the possessive form (grammar chapter 5, 1)

- I can talk about animals and their behaviour (speaking and words chapter 5, 3)

- I know words for animals and their behaviour (speaking and words chapter 5, 1 again) 

Choose the correct colours. After that, I have a few questions for you.