Possessive nouns

Possessive nouns
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Possessive nouns

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Lesson goals

  • Understand and apply the use of 's/ '/of to express possession in English

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What do you remember about possessive nouns?

Slide 3 - Open question

Instructions
A possessive noun is used to indicate possession (owning or having) by using an apostrophe with or without and 's' or 'of'.

  • The girl's earring
  • That's my room, and this one is Sarah's
  • The windows of the house are dirty

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Instructions 's
You use an apostrophe followed by s when:

  • using a singular noun (a child's toy, the bird's feathers)
  • using a plural noun that doesn't end with an "s" (the men's boat, the geese's eggs 




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Instructions '
An apostrophe is used to express possession for plural nouns ending in -s

One parent -> two parents -> My parents' car was very expensive
One cat -> two cats -> The cats' bowls are empty


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Instructions of
Of is used between two nouns to show possession. Usually to talk about position or to way which part of something we are referring to.

  • The battery of my phone is empty
  • It's in the back of the car
 

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Possession
's 
s'
of
Dingen, landen, plekken
Personen
Woorden die in het meervoud eindigen op -s

Slide 8 - Drag question

Singular or plural?

We can't find our cat's toy.
A
Singular
B
Plural

Slide 9 - Quiz

The teachers' copy machine never works
A
Singular
B
Plural

Slide 10 - Quiz

Singular or plural?

The girls' ball went over the fence.
A
Singular
B
Plural

Slide 11 - Quiz

Which answer is correct?
A
Politics' importance
B
The importance of politics
C
Politic's importance

Slide 12 - Quiz

Which answer is correct?
A
The head of the family
B
The family's head
C
The families' head

Slide 13 - Quiz

This is my ___ (van mijn broer) car

Slide 14 - Open question

____ (van zijn moeder) coffee.

Slide 15 - Open question

Possession / bezit
's 
s'
of
things, places
people, animals
plural 

Slide 16 - Drag question

Lesson goals

  • Understand and apply the use of 's/ '/of to express possession in English

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