Quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives
Possessives
possessive ’sa2
Possessive 's and s'This is Sam's bicycle. Andy is Emma's brother.‘Have you seen Sam and Emma's garden?’ ‘It's really big.’My parents' friends came for dinner.Our children's toys are everywhere!Noun + 's or s'nounSingularSam'sbicyclePluralSam and Emma'shousemy parents'friendsmy children'stoysWe use possessive 's to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people. The possessive 's always comes after a noun.Sam's bicyclethe shop's customersNew York's museumsEmma's brotherWhen something belongs to more than one person and we give a list of names, we put 's on the last name.Sam and Emma's houseSam's and Emma's houseWith regular plural nouns we use ' not 's.They're my parents' friends.They're my parent's friends.With irregular plural nouns we use 's.They're my children's bicycles.They're my childrens' bicycles.'s has two other uses.Jack's in the classroom. (= Jack is in the classroom.)Jack's got a new laptop. (= Jack has got a new laptop.)Possessive 's has no long form.Here is Jack's room.Here is Jack is room.
Complete the sentences with possessive 's and the words in brackets.
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This is
car. (my aunt)
These are
books. (my brother)
These are
chairs. (Sam and Emma)
This is
desk. (my boss)
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