Possessives

We use ‘possessives’ to indicate or show that something belongs to somebody.

Singular: When something belongs to only one person

-         This is Nick’s skateboard OR this skateboard is Nick’s.

-         These are Jenny’s books OR these books are Jenny’s.

Plural: When something belongs to two or more people

-         These are the girls’ bicycles OR these bicycles are the girls’.

-     That is the boys’ bedroom OR that bedroom is the boys’.

Find the correct place for the apostrophe (‘) in these sentences:

1. These are Miss Browns books.-
2. That is the Bells house.-
3. This CD is Julias.-
4. That is Lucys bedroom.-
5. The Todds car is older than the Bells.-
6. These are my mothers trousers.-

Write sentences about these people using the possessive

Ex: Mrs. Todd and Amanda are mother and daughter.

Mrs. Todd is Amanda’s mother.

Amanda is Mrs. Todd’s daughter.

1. Mr. Blake and Nick are teacher and pupil.

Mr. Blake is _________ teacher. Nick is __________ pupil.-

2. Amanda and Jenny are friends.

Amanda __________________________ friend.-

3. John and Paul are brothers.

John _____________________________ brother.-

4. Dr. Steel is a dentist. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are his patients.

Dr. Steel _____________________________________________________.-

Mr. and Mrs. Smith __________________________________________________.-

5. Mr. Brown and Andy are uncle and nephew.

Mr. Brown _________________________________________________________.-

Andy _____________________________________________________________.-

(‘S): We also use apostrophe followed by S for the short form of IS.

Read these sentences carefully and circle the possessives and the short forms

Nick’s best friend’s called Tom. Tom’s bicycle’s very old and his father’s car’s very old, too.

Jenny’s best friend’s called Amanda. Amanda’s bicycle’s not old, it’s new.

Now, write the circled words in their corresponding columns: