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.
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Helen has got red hair. It's very long.
hair is very long.
hair is very long.
Your sisters share a bedroom. It's quite big.
Your bedroom is quite big.
Your bedroom is quite big.
Her children go to school. It's a small school.
Her school is small.
Her school is small.
Paul has got a new phone. It is very cheap.
new phone is very cheap.
new phone is very cheap.
Elephants have got trunks. They are very long.
trunks are very long.
trunks are very long.
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