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Assignment One English.

Name: Maahir Osman Nor

ID: 5342

Date : 3/11/2024

1:what is possessive

2:Plurals

= Regular Plurals ( rules )

= Irregular Plurals

Answer

A possessive is used to indicate ownership or a relationship between things. In English,


possessives are often formed by adding an apostrophe and “s” (’s) to a noun or just an
apostrophe (‘) when the noun is plural and already ends in “s.”

Example:

Singular noun: The cat’s toy (The toy belongs to the cat)

Plural noun: The teachers’ lounge (The lounge belongs to the teachers)

Singular noun ending in “s”: James’s book or James’ book (Both are correct depending on
style preference)

There are two main types of possessives in English:

1. Possessive Nouns
2. Possessive Pronoun

Definition: These show ownership or possession using an apostrophe (’).

Example:

Singular possessive: The dog’s bone (The bone belongs to the dog).

Plural possessive:The students’ books (The books belong to the students).

Singular noun ending in “s”: Chris’s laptop or Chris’ laptop (both are acceptable based on
style)
2:Possessive pronouns

Definition: These pronouns show ownership but do not use an apostrophe.

Examples:

Possessive Adjectives. Possessive Pronouns

My Mine

Your yours

His His

Her Hers

Its.

Our. Ours

Their Their

(used before a noun, e.g., my house). (standalone, e.g., This book is mine).

2: plural

= Regular Plurals: are formed by adding “s” or “es” to the end of a singular noun. Here are
the basic rules for creating regular plurals

1. Add “s” to most nouns

Cat → cats

Book → books

2. Add “es” to nouns ending in -s, -x, -z, -ch, or -sh:

Bus → buses

Box → boxes

Watch → watches

Brush → brushes

3. For nouns ending in a consonant + “y,” change “y” to “I” and add “es”:

Baby → babies

Lady → ladies.
4. For nouns ending in a vowel + “y,” simply add “s”:

Boy → boys

Key → keys

5. For nouns ending in -f or -fe, change to -ves (some exceptions):

Wolf → wolves

Knife → knives

(exceptions: roof → roofs, belief → beliefs)

Irregular Plurals

Here are some more examples and explanations of irregular plurals, which do not follow
the standard rule of adding “s” or “es”:

1. Child → Children
2. Man → Men
3. Woman → Women
4. Tooth → Teeth
5. Foot → Feet
6. Mouse → Mice
7. Person → People
8. Ox → Oxen

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