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    GRAMMAR

    Possession 2 Jane's house; the roof of the house

    Possessive apostrophe
    We use an apostrophe when we talk about things belonging to people.

    • Singular (’s)
    We u s e 's when the thing or things belong to one person.
    This is Jane's house. That's my friend's bike.
    These are my friend's books, (one friend, but two or more books)

    • Plural (s’)
    We use s' when the thing or things belong to two or more people.
    These are the boys' desks, (two or more boys)
    This is the boys' classroom, (two or more boys, but one classroom)
    We can put two words with apostrophes together, but we usually avoid this.
    Is that Ann's aunt's car? = Is this the car that belongs to Ann's aunt?

    • Belonging to two people


    This is Carol and Tony's house.

    • Nam es ending in s
    St James' Park or St James's Park

    of
    We can use of when we talk about things belonging to things.
    The roof o f the house was damaged.
    We can put two nouns together without of and make a compound word. We often do
    this when one thing is part of another.
    I saw this dress in the shop window.
    Of is often used for formal names.
    The University o f Westminster

    Own and belong


    You own something, but something belongs to you.
    I own this bike. Do you own this bike?
    This bike belongs to me. Does this bike belong to you?

    To make a word plural we add only s or es. If there is no possession,


    we do not use an apostrophe.
    There is no apostrophe in possessive pronouns: yours, hers, its, ours, theirs.
    GRAMMAR 56 POSSESSION 2

    1 Add apostrophes to these sentences if necessary.

    1 Is that book yours or S am s? (£. th at b.op&.y$>&£§.Q . K . ..............


    2 Davids sisters cats name is Syrup........................................................................
    3 Have you met Pats brothers?...............................................................................
    4 Are those shoes h ers?...........................................................................................
    5 These are the girls fathers.....................................................................................
    6 Those are the teachers cars..................................................................................
    7 These sandwiches are ours, not yours................................................................
    8 My books are in my friends bag..........................................................................
    9 Whose gloves are these?......................................................................................
    10 That is Jacks fathers bike.......................................................................................

    2 Write com pound words.

    1 the window o f the shop the shop .window.........


    2 the leg of the table .................................................
    3 the door of the car .................................................
    4 the playground of the school .................................................
    5 the wheel of the bicycle .................................................
    6 the handle of the door .................................................

    3 Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown. Do not change the m eaning.

    1 This desk belongs to Jim.


    This ...........................................................
    2 That belongs to her.
    T h a ts.................................................................................
    3 Does this belong to you or him?
    Is th is................................................................................. ?
    4 Who does this ruler belong to?
    W hose............................................................................... ?
    5 Do the empty seats belong to them?
    Are th e .............................................................................. ?
    6 We own this house.
    T h is....................................................................................
    7 Joe and Ella own this caravan.
    This i s ................................................................................
    8 Does that bag belong to Sarahs teacher?
    Is th at................................................................................ ...................... bag?

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