Possessive 's - ' - of

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Aims

At the end of this lesson;

- you know what a possessive is

- you know when to use the possessive 's / ' / of 

Bezit aanduiden

Even je kennis opfrissen...

Ken je deze nog?

's  / ' / of

Bij een 'possessive' geef je aan dat het een bezig van iets of iemand is.

VB: Peter's house is big.

My parents' their house is big.

The front door of the house is open.

Je ziet hier 3 verschillende vormen. Wanneer gebruik je wat?

Possessive (bezit)

's

namen, mensen en dieren enkelvoud

meervouden die niet op een s eindigen

uitdrukkingen van tijd

Als een naam eindigt met een s  dan gebruik je OOK de regel 'enkelvoud'

I like Tara's hair.

Who took Anthony's pen?

The cat's whiskers.

Men's clothing.

This is today's newspaper.

Lucas's iPad.

This is Charles's chair.

!!!! 

Meg and Tara's bicycles are stolen.

Possessive (bezit)

meervouden die op s eindigen

My parents' car. (mum and dad = parents)

His siblings' hobby. (siblings = broers/zussen)

'

Possessive (bezit)

dingen van dingen

geografische namen

The  roof  of  the  house.

The  capital  of  England.

Please  open  the  door  of  this  room.

 The name of the school

The top floor of the building.

of

Examples

 the car of John = John's car

the room of the girls = the girls' room

     clothes for men  = men's clothes

the boat of the sailors = the sailors' boat

Waarom gebruik je hier 's ?

my friend's car
that dog's toy
Jaimy's bike

Wanneer gebruik je alleen ' ?

my parents' house
those ladies' shoes
the students' books

Waarom gebruik je hier of ?

the roof of the building
the capital of Germany

Waarom gebruik je hier 's ?

the children's clothes
women's voting rights

Isn't this ______ book?

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

They are painting the ____ room this week.

1. Children's
2. Childrens
3. Childrens'
4. Children

_____ trousers can be found on the top floor.

1. Men
2. Mens
3. Men's
4. Mens'

4. Did you read ______ newspaper?

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

5. David is ______ husband.

1. Anne's
2. Annes
3. Annes'
4. Anne

6. All the _____ books were in their lockers.

1. boys's
2. boyss
3. boys'
4. boys

7. My ________ house is pretty far away.

1. grandparents's
2. grandparentss
3. grandparents'
4. grandparents

Which is correct?

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

Which is correct?

1. The name of the ship
2. The ship's name

Which is correct?

1. These are our friends cats.
2. These are our friends' cats.
3. These are the cats of our friends.

_______ and ______ bags are black. (Jack – Joe)

1. Jack's / Joe's
2. Jack / Joe's
3. Jack / Joes
4. Jack's / Joe

Sarah is ______ aunt. (Emily)

1. Emily's
2. Emilys'
3. Emilies

To sum up

's

 - bij namen van personen/dieren ook al eindigen ze op een 's'

- bij enkelvoud

- bij meervouden die niet op s eindigen

'

- meervouden die op 's' eindigen

of

- bij dingen

- geografische namen (the capital of England)

Aims

At the end of this lesson;

- you know what a possessive is

- you know when to use the possessive 's / ' / of