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ShowingShowingpossession andpossession and

relationshipsrelationshipswith the«with the«

apostrophe

Bill·s truck 

Grace·spurse

The building·sentrance

My sister·s friend

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apost op e

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.

2

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!!