Possessives

• Possessive Nouns

• Have / Has

• Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive Review

Adding 's or ' to show possession or ownership.

Example:

- John's car.
- My parents' house.

Possessive Nouns

Add an apostrophe + s ('s) to a singular noun.
Add an apostrophe (') to a plural noun.
For example:

• the boys' ball (two or more boys)

• the boy's ball (one boy)
  
  

​Remember how to use the apostrophe and the S.
(Depending on Plural or singular nouns)

Choose the right answer to the following questions.

Multiple Choice

This is my _____ house (1)

• Brother's

• Brothers'

• Brothers's

Multiple Choice

These are the _____ papers (2+)

• student's

• students's

• students'

Multiple Choice

The ___ bones

• dogs

• dogs'

• dog's

• dogs's

Have vs Has

We use have/ has to talk about possessions or to show ownership.

• Example:

• We have brown eyes.

• She has a cat.

Have vs Has

• I have dark hair,

• You have many toys.

• We have two kittens.

• Tom and Alexa have soft skin.

• John has three sons.

• Marcela has red shoes.

• My car is new. It has four wheels.

Remember the difference between have and has.

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Possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives are used in front of nouns to show possession.


The words my, your, her, his, its, our and their, are possessive adjectives.

Possessive adjectives

Make sure to use capital letters when needed.

Replace the given pronouns with the correct possessive adjective.