Possessives: nouns
Possessives: nouns
We add 's to singular nouns to show possession: We are having a party at John's house. Michael drove his friend's car. We add ' to plural nouns ending in -s: This is my parents' house. Those are ladies' shoes.
But we use 's with irregular plural nouns:
These are men's shoes. Children's clothes are very expensive.
We can use a possessive instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words: Is that John's car? No, it's Mary's. (NOT No, it's Mary's [car].) Whose coat is this? It's my wife's. (NOT It's my wife's [coat].)
Whose
Whose is a wh-word and It's used to obtain information about who something belongs to.
eg:
Whose birthday is it today? Whose house was used in the film ‘Gosford Park’? Whose are these gloves?
Eg:
Whose cat is this? It's Mary's.
This is Mary's cat.
Whose house is this? This is my neighbours'.
This is my neighbour's house.
Whose food is this? It's my dog's.
This my dog's food.
Whose birthday party is this? It's Elena's.
This is Elena's birthday party.
Whose sandwich is this? It's my brother's.
This is my brother's sandwich.
Whose in relative clauses
We use whose to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things: John works with that other guy whose name I can’t remember. Shirley has a 17-year-old daughter whose ambition is to be a photographer. This is the book whose title I couldn’t remember.
Warning:
Don’t confuse whose and who’s. Who’s means who is: Who’s driving us home? (Who is driving us home?) Whose book is this? (Who does this book belong to?)
Fill in with whose, possessives 's s', who's:
1. That car belongs to my friend. = It's my ________ 2. That's the house where my friends live. = It's my ________ 3. ________ is this splendid house? 4. That dog belongs to the family next door. = It's my ________ 5. _____ that man in front of our building? 6. _____ bike is this, Mike's or Jordan's? 7. I asked my brother to help me. = I asked for my ________________
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8. Our daughter goes to a school just for girls. = She goes to a _________ 9._______ your favourite teacher at school? 10. What does your mother think about it? = What's your ______ ? 11.______ our best friend? 12. Our cat always sleeps on that chair. = It's the ______ 13. _______ hamburger is it? 14. Mary is dating john.= John is ________ . 15. The party was organised by the Smith family. = It was the ________ 16._______ picking Lisa up from the club? 17. _______ the person in the picture?
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Possessives: nouns
Possessives: nouns
We add 's to singular nouns to show possession: We are having a party at John's house. Michael drove his friend's car. We add ' to plural nouns ending in -s: This is my parents' house. Those are ladies' shoes.
But we use 's with irregular plural nouns:
These are men's shoes. Children's clothes are very expensive.
We can use a possessive instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words: Is that John's car? No, it's Mary's. (NOT No, it's Mary's [car].) Whose coat is this? It's my wife's. (NOT It's my wife's [coat].)
Whose
Whose is a wh-word and It's used to obtain information about who something belongs to.
eg:
Whose birthday is it today? Whose house was used in the film ‘Gosford Park’? Whose are these gloves?
Eg:
Whose cat is this? It's Mary's.
This is Mary's cat.
Whose house is this? This is my neighbours'.
This is my neighbour's house.
Whose food is this? It's my dog's.
This my dog's food.
Whose birthday party is this? It's Elena's.
This is Elena's birthday party.
Whose sandwich is this? It's my brother's.
This is my brother's sandwich.
Whose in relative clauses
We use whose to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things: John works with that other guy whose name I can’t remember. Shirley has a 17-year-old daughter whose ambition is to be a photographer. This is the book whose title I couldn’t remember.
Warning:
Don’t confuse whose and who’s. Who’s means who is: Who’s driving us home? (Who is driving us home?) Whose book is this? (Who does this book belong to?)
Fill in with whose, possessives 's s', who's:
1. That car belongs to my friend. = It's my ________ 2. That's the house where my friends live. = It's my ________ 3. ________ is this splendid house? 4. That dog belongs to the family next door. = It's my ________ 5. _____ that man in front of our building? 6. _____ bike is this, Mike's or Jordan's? 7. I asked my brother to help me. = I asked for my ________________
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8. Our daughter goes to a school just for girls. = She goes to a _________ 9._______ your favourite teacher at school? 10. What does your mother think about it? = What's your ______ ? 11.______ our best friend? 12. Our cat always sleeps on that chair. = It's the ______ 13. _______ hamburger is it? 14. Mary is dating john.= John is ________ . 15. The party was organised by the Smith family. = It was the ________ 16._______ picking Lisa up from the club? 17. _______ the person in the picture?
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