Possessive 's
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The document explains how to use possessive 's to show belonging or possession. It states that possessive 's is an apostrophe followed by an s and is used as a determiner when something belongs to someone or something. It provides examples for singular and plural nouns, and when something belongs to multiple people, where the apostrophe goes after the last mentioned person. It concludes with practice sentences to fill in the possessive 's.
Possessive 's
- 1. POSSESSIVE S
- 2. We use apostrophe s (s), also called possessive s, as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something
- 3. EXAMPLES Is that Olivias bag? What is your teachers name? Is it Julians house?
- 4. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
- 5. MANY PEOPLE When something belongs to more than two people we put the apostrophe to the last mentioned person, for example This is Juan and Andreas house Mary is Sofia and Lucas parents
- 6. LETS PRACTICE This is_______ book. (Peter) Let's go to the ________ . (Smiths) The _______ room is upstairs. (children) _________ sister is twelve years old. (John) _______ and _______ school is old. (Susan Steve)
- 7. LETS PRACTICE ________ shoes are on the second floor. (men) My________ car is not expensive. (parents) __________ CD player is new. (Charles) This is the _______ bike. (boy) These are the________ pencils. (boys)