Possessive 's - ' - of

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

Possessive 's - ' - of

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Possessive (bezit)

's

1. namen, mensen en dieren enkelvoud

2. meervouden die niet op s eindigen

3. uitdrukkingen van tijd

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

Who took Anthony's pen?

The cat's whiskers.

Men's clothing.

This is today's newspaper.

Lucas's iPad.

(!) Meg and Tara's bicycles are stolen. (!)

Possessive (bezit)

Wanneer?  -> meervouden die op s eindigen

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

His siblings' toys. (siblings =                           )

'

Possessive (bezit)

1. dingen van dingen

2. geografische namen

The  roof  of  the  house.

The  capital  of  England.

Please  open  the  door  of  this  room.

 The name of the school

of

Examples

the car / John =	John 's car
the room / girls =	the girls ' room
clothes / men =	men 's clothes
the boat / sailors =	the sailors ' boat
Meg and Tara / bicycles =	Meg and Tara 's bicycles

Examples with time

Examples with time

a day's work

a month's pay

today's newspaper

in a year's time

More examples 

For God's sake!             (= exclamation of exasperation)

a stone's throw away     (= very near)

in my mind's eye           (= in my imagination)

Shall we go to Luigi's for lunch?

I've got an appointment at the dentist's at eleven o'clock.

The colours of the flowers are bright.

The leaves of the tree are falling down.

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

Time for a quiz

There are 15 questions.

Go for it!

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. The window of the room
2. The room's window

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

Where is the ______ shower? (ladies)

1. ladies
2. ladies'
3. ladies's

Let's meet at _____ for lunch.
(the name of the restaurant is Giovanni)

1. Giovannis
2. Giovannis'
3. Giovanni's

Sarah is ______ aunt. (Emily)

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

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