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• To indicate possession for people or animals:
a) in the singular, add ” ‘s “:
Examples:
Anne’s bike
James’s friend
The dog’s food
b) for plurals ending in s, just add ‘:
Examples:
The boys’ mother
My pare/Us’ house
The ladies’ hats
c) for other plurals, add ‘s:
Examples:
The children’s friends
The women’s cars
Note: It’s = It is. The possessive of it is its:
It’s cold today.
Give the dog its food.

Practice
Rewrite these sentences, putting the apostrophe (‘) where necessary. If two
answers are possible, write the more likely one.

1 We talked to the boys parents for some time.
We talked to the boys’ parents for some time.
We talked to the boy’s parents for some time.

2 We can borrow my fathers car.
We can borrow my father’s car.

3 Have you met Susans friend?

4 About sixty people use the teachers room.

5 Someone had taken Barbaras purse.

6 Something was hurting the animals foot.

7 I’m going to write to the childrens parents.

8 Jane works in my mothers office.

9 The dog doesn’t like its food.

10 Mary and Pat stayed at their friends house.

11 Are you going to the secretaries meeting?

12 I put the money in the waiters hand.

13 lans suit was very expensive.

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Each pronoun has a possessive adjective:

I…………my

you………..your

he………..his

she………her       ;                it…………….its

we ………. our

you……… your

they……..their

Practice

Write the correct possessive adjectives for these sentences:

1 These are ..my… parents. (!)
2 I’ve got watch, (he)
3 Is this car? {you)
4 Do they like new house? (she)
5 Have you met teacher? (they)
6 Who’s got money? (I)
7 I don’t like teacher, (we)
8 Have you got passport? (you)
9 He forgot keys, (he)
10 They changed hotel, (they)
11 She gave the letter to secretary, (she)
12 There’s something wrong with car. (I)
13 They’re having a party in garden, (they)
14 Where’s pen? (I)
15 I like jacket. (You)

Possessive adjectives
my your his her its our your their
Possessive pronouns
mine yours his hers – ours yours theirs
• The possessive adjective is always followed by its noun:
It’s my car.
That’s his mother.
This is our house.
• The possessive pronoun is never followed by its noun:
This is mine.
Give it to Peter: it’s his.
The money is ours.

Practice

Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun for these sentences.
1 Whose camera is this? Is it ..yours. ? (you)
2 Excuse me, those are ,.our.. seats, (we)
3 Is it suitcase or ? (you/he)
4 Has the dog had food? (it)
5 They’re not keys – they’re (I/she)
6 I don’t think its room: I think it’s (you/they)
7 The police asked me for address. (I)
8 Have you got pen, or would you like to borrow ? (you/I)
9 garden is bigger than (they/we)
10 I think this is book. Oh no, it’s (I/you)
11 The decision is (they)
12 The cat wants dinner, (it)
13 You know it’s not money. It’s (you/I)
14 It isn’t car, it’s (he/she)
15 It wasn’t mistake, it was (I/they)
16 Have you met mother? (they)
17 parents say the decision is (she/they)
18 brother hasn’t got a phone, so he uses (I/we)
19 car wasn’t working, so I used (I/he)
20 house is smaller than (we/they)

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