GENITIVE’S

 Singular nouns not ending in s →Add ‘s

 Singular nouns ending in s → Add ‘s

 Plural nouns ending in s → Add ‘

 Plural nouns not ending in s → Add ‘s
 More than one possessor → Add ‘s after the last name
 When referring to a shop, church, etc →Use ‘s on its own

A. Rewrite the sentences using genitive’s.

Example: This dog belongs to Adam. It’s very friendly. Adam’s dog is very friendly.

1. That house belongs to Frieda and Janet. It’s very old.

Frieda _______________________________________________
2. The twins have a new teacher. He isn’t very nice.
The _________________________________________________
3. James has a girlfriend. She is French.
James _______________________________________________
4. I’ve got five cousins. Their house is very big.
My _________________________________________________
5. The school has a new Code of Conduct. It’s not popular.
The ________________________________________________

B. Rearrange the words to form sentences.

1. book / ‘s / his / . / sister / It’s ____________________________________________________________

2. It’s / father / . / ‘s / friend / my ___________________________________________________________

3. dinner / Penny / we / . / at / had / ‘s _______________________________________________________

4. ‘s / . / at / got / they / married / St Paul ____________________________________________________

5. going / to / I’m / the / ‘s/ hairdresser ______________________________________________________

6. . / ‘s / is / James / Linda / boyfriend _______________________________________________________

C. Ask questions and give answers.

1. ________________________________ are these? (sneakers)
These are ___________________________ . (Bart)

2. ______________________________ is this? (cell phone)

It´s ____________________________ . (Tony)

3. ______________________________ is that (computer)

That is ________________________________ . (Meg)

C. Look at the pictures e circle the correct words.

1. These are the (girl’s, girls’) bags.
2. This is the (children’, children’s) dog.
3. The teacher is marking the (pupil’s, pupils’) books.
4. (Dog’s, Dogs’) feet are also called paws.
5. The (soldier’s, soldiers’) boots are well polished.
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