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relationshipsrelationshipswith the«with the«
apostrophe
Bill·s truck
Grace·spurse
The building·sentrance
My sister·s friend
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Hi there students!My name is Steve.
Today I want to share
with you a practical
way of saying thepossessions that
people have.
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I want to introduce toyou my six good old
friends:
Andy, Sara, James,
Tina, Ross and Terry.
And I want to mentionthe things or
possessions each one
of my friends has:
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Andy Sara James
RossTina Terry
He has a bike. She has a dog. He has a ball.
She has a
teddy bear .
He has a
party hat.
He has an
airplane.
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If I want to
point out the
possessions
each one of my
friends has, I
will say:
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This is
Andy s bike
This is
Sara s dog
and
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This isRoss s hat
This isTerry sairplane
and
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As you
noticed, I just added
two simple
elements
at the end
of each
person·s
name.
An apostrophe:
«followedby an: .s
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So we can use
the apostrophe
to show
possession.
Pretty cool!!!
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Also this is
what we call
the«
possessivecase.
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We can use theapostrophe to
show
relationships
Ah, but not
only that«
Example:
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Tina and James are married.
andTina is James·s wife.
James is Tina·s husband.
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The trick here
guys is to usethe apostrophe
correctly.
In other words,
when we use theapostrophe to show
possession, we do it
under certain rules:
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Nouns in singular and proper names take
Examples:
This is my brother ·s sedan.
1
s
This is Brenda·s computer.
That is the dog·s tail.
This is Mr. Sanchez·s agenda.This is Charles·s cousin.
This is my neighbor ·s yard.
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Nouns in plural ending in -sonly take
Examples:
This is the kids
·park.
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This is the dogs· pound.
This is the ladies· room.
This is the pilots·favorite airplane.
That is my friends· van.
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Nouns in plural not ending in-s take
Examples:
3
s
This is the children·s pony.
I go to the Men·s Warehouse.
This is the women·s club.
This is the alumni·s society.This is the deer ·s habitat.
This is the brethren·s church.
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When something belongs tomore than one person, thelast proper name mentionedtakes
Examples:
4
s
This is Larry and David·s van.
That is George, Lisa andJames·s mountain cabin.
This is the teachers and
the driver ·s club.
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Hey guys,
let·s practice!Let·s show
possessionusing the
apostrophe!
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Write sentences using thepossessive case.
No un
Mary
po ssessio n Using po ssessive case:( o r perso n)
Thecabin
Shar o n
Theho rse
The girls
Keith
purse
doo r
watch
tail
co usin
SUV
It·s Mary·s purse.
It·s the cabin·s doo r.
It·s Shar o n·s watch.
It·s the ho rse·s tail.
It·s the girls· co usin.
It·s Keith·s SUV.
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Noun
Jess
possession Using possessive case:(or person)
Vilma
Bob &
Tom
Themice
Thelaptop
The
teachers
friend
daughter
program
den
keyboard
mascot
It·s Jess·s friend.
It·s Vilma·s daughter.
It·s Bob and Tom·s
program.
It·s the mice·s den.
It·s the laptop·skeyboard.
It·s the teachers·
mascot
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My dear students,
I hope today·s
topic has been
valuable for you. So longfolks!!