Possessive case

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Possessive Case Genitive Saxon Created by Javier Gónzalez Marín

Transcript of Possessive case

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This is John. These are John’s parents.

• We use the possessive case:– to show that something belongs to somebody.

e.g. Mary’s bag, John’s ball– to explain the relationship between two or

more people.

e.g. Tom’s uncle, Peter’s friend– to talk about shops and houses.

e.g. He’s at the baker’s (baker’s shop)

They’re at Bob’s. (Bob’s house)

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Formation• Singular nouns or proper nouns take ‘s.

e.g.: the boy’s ball, Emily’s car– When the proper name ends in –s we add ‘s

or only an apostrophe (‘).

e.g. Doris’s hat or Doris’ hat

• Plural nouns ending in -s take ‘(apostrophe)

e.g. the girls’ house

• Irregular plural nouns take ‘s.

e.g.: the men’s boat

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Asking about possession

• When we want to know to whom something belongs we use the question word whose

Whose horse is this?

It’s Helen’s. (It’s Helen’s horse)