Possessives + much and many

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

 Today

At the end of this class, you ...

• Can translate the words from vocabulary H
• Know the 3 ways of making the possessive in English
• Have practiced with using the possessive

• Explain grammar: possessive 's' + much and many
• Work on exercises

Possessive (bezit)

's gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• namen van personen/dieren, ook als ze op een -s eindigen
• enkelvouden
• meervouden die niet op -s eindigen

Ben's bag is blue  /  Ross's bag is blue.

This is my dog's toy.

The children's room are big.

Possessive 

' gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• meervouden die op een -s eindigen

My sisters' rooms are always messy.

Our grandparents' garden is very big.

The giraffes' necks are long.

Possessive 

of gebruik je om bezit aan te geven bij:

• dingen
• geografische namen

The door of the house is open.

The leaves of the trees are already brown.

London is the capital of England.

PLEASE NOTE!

When talking about time, we also use the 's!

Yesterday's newspaper was brought by the mail man.

What will we do at tonight's show?

Possessive 

's 

'

of

1. Isn't this ______ book?

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

2. _____ trousers can be found on the top floor.

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

3. They are painting the ____ room this week.

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

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

much & many

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Much

Uncountable nouns

We gebruiken much wanneer iets niet telbaar is.

- I don't have much time

- There isn't much water left in my bottle

- We have too much homework

Many

Countable nouns

We gebruiken many wanneer we iets kunnen tellen.

- There are many tables in this classroom

- There are many students in this classroom

- There aren't many teachers in this classroom

Samenvatting

'Much', 'many' & 'a lot of' betekenen allemaal 'veel'.

	Enkelvoud / ontelbaar	Meervoud / telbaar
Bevestigende zinnen	We have a lot of money.	They have a lot of friends.
Ontkennende zinnen	We don't have much money.	They don't have many friends.
Vragende zinnen	Do we have much money?	Do they have many friends?

Much

Many

money

sand

girls

pens

cars

coffee

rain

water

doors

hair

tables

phones

Much

Many

love

noise

birds

boxes

apples

tea

juice

luck

coins

music

teens

bikes

There's so ...... grass outside!

1. many
2. much

I've eaten so ..... chocolate eggs during easter!

1. Many
2. Much

We have way too ___ homework!

1. many
2. much

There are ..... trees outside

1. Many
2. Much

Stepping Stones

Do: 

Complete all exercises on pages 74 t/m 77

Chapter 5 -->  Your world --> E writing and grammar

Links to practise:

Possessive

MUCH or MANY?