WHOSE AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS

INTEGRATED SKILLS 1 / 2021

WHOSE AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS

By Prof. Brenes

WHOSE is used in questions to ask for possession. We ask who the owner is.

USE

QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

noun (object)

verb to be (is-are)

this / that / these / those / it

Whose

Whose tent is this? Whose canteen is that? Whose farm is it? Whose bottles are these? Whose backpacks are those?

It is Pablo's. It's Miguel's. It's Yuri's parents' farm. They are Kim's. They're Julia's and Carlos's.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

If the plural noun ends in -s, we only add '.

If the name of the person or singular noun DOES NOT end in -s, for example, Maria, we need to add 's.

If the name of the person or singular noun ends in -s, for example, Carlos, we add ' or 's.

If the plural noun DOES NOT end in -s, we need to add 's

' or 's

's

's

Carlos' or Carlos's bag

Maria's bag

The students' bags

The children's bags

Thanks!