Elementary 4A POSSESSIVE'S, WHOSE..?

POSSESSIVE'S, WHOSE...?

1. We use a person + 's to talk about family and possessions.

• He's Brad Pitt's brother NOT He's the brother of Brad Pitt.
• Fer's hair is very long. She has long, brown hair.
• It's Yarift's laptop

2. With regular plural nouns we put the ' after the s.

• It's my parents' car. NOT It's my parent's car

• With irregular plural nouns, e.g. children, men, we use 's.
• e.g. The children's room, men's clothes

3. We use Whose ....? to ask about possessions We can ask Whose is this bag? OR Whose bag is this?We can answer It's Maria's bag OR It's Maria's. Whose are the keys? R= They're Kevin's keys OR They're Kevin's

4. We don't usually use a thing + 's. e.g. The end of the class NOT the class's end the city centre NOT the city's centre

's Be careful with 's . it can be two things: Maria's mother- 's = of Maria Maria's Spanish- 's = is Whose/Who's Who's = who is e.g. ' Who's that girl in black dress? She's ... Whose = of who, e.g. 'Whose is this bag? ' it's Chio's.'