Possessive noun (')

​Talk about who owns something

By MIGUEL DAZA

Multiple Select

How do you say 'botella de agua' in English?

• A water canister

• A glass of water

• A water bottle

• A cup o water

Drag and Drop

How do you say 'gafas' in English?

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Glasses

Scopes

Glass

Crystals

Telescopes

Drag and Drop

How do you say 'bolso' in English? ​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Purse

Box

Reorder

Reorder the following

• A

• credit

• card

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

How do you say 'Carnet' in English?

• A karnet

• A card

• An ID badge

• A letter

Multiple Choice

How do you say 'maletín' in English?

• A backpack

• A plastic

• A paper bag

• A hole

Possessive nouns ('s)

It is used to remark someone's ownership

We use the apostrophe (') to indicate possession instead of the word (OF)

​El carro de Alejandra

Alejandra's car.

​La casa de Carlos

Carlos' house
When a noun ends with s, just put the apostrophe (')

​El restaurante de mis padres

My parents' restaurant

When a plural noun ends with S we just put the apostrophe (').

​La pelota de los niños

Children's ball
With an irregular plural noun, we have to put the ('s)

Men's suitcases.

Women's robes.

​With multiple nouns

La bicicleta de Juan, Pedro y Katalina

Juan, Pedro and Katalina's bike.

The possessive must be put in the last noun.

WHOSE = DE QUIÉN.....?

​Wow, that's a nice car. Whose is it?
It's Alicia's

WHOSE COAT IS THIS?

It's Alex's

​Whose keys are these?

They're the manager's

THNX