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The possessive is used to indicate possession or connection. We use it to talk about other people's things, their friends and family. We can also use it with animals.
Look at the sentence structure:
possessor + 's / '(apostrophe) + possession
Those are Matt's CDs. (his CDs)
To form the possessive:
- we add 's to single nouns
Mark's dog That is Olivia's house.
- we add an apostrophe (') to regular plural nouns the babies' toys the boys' passports
- we add 's to irregular plural nouns the children's schoolbags the women's dresses
- we can add either 's or an apostrophe (') to proper nouns ending in Thomas's / Thomas' bedroom
- when more than one possessor shares a possession, we add 's only to the last one Tim and Alice's dog
Note!
John's and Sophie's bikes (two different bikes)
- We do not use the possessive form to talk about relationships between objects. We use the preposition of (not an apostrophe).
What's the name of the road? NOT What's the road's name?
We can use a possessive 's without a following noun, to avoid repeating words.
Whose book is that? It's Tim's (book). Whose trainers are they? They're Sara's (trainers).
1 Make possessive forms by adding 's or the apostrophe (').
1 my mother 's handbag
2 Alice and John house
3 their grandchild birthday
4 Patrick books
2 Rewrite the sentences following the example.
1 It's Tina's book.
It's her book. (Tina)
2 .
They're his trainers. (Jeff)
3 .
It's his laptop. (Charles)
4 .
They're her CDs. (Mary)
5 the thieves car
6 the musicians instruments
7 my brother motorbike
8 the children toys
5 .
It's their puppy. (Anna and Rob)
6
.
It's their bedroom. (the girls)
7
.
It's her house. (my sister)
8
It's their suitcase. (my parents)