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 LESSON 4

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Dr. Pedro P. NINAMANGO VILLEGAS

E-mail: ninamangopeppa@hotmail.com
 THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Subject Possessive nouns express

pronuon I YOU HE SHE WE THEY ownership or show a
Possessive relationship. Possessive
Adjective My Your His Her Our Their nouns are formed by adding
an apostrophe and “S” or
SALLY’S FAMILY only an apostrophe

This is Sally Milton

She’s married, and this is her family.
Their house is in London. She’s a teacher.
Her school is in the center of town.

Tom is Sally’s husband. He’s a bank manager

His bank is in the centre of town, too

Our children are Kirsty and Nick.

They’re students at Camden College.
We are happy in London

Answer the questions in your book

 Possessive Nouns
Definition
•The possessive express ownership or show a relationship
•The possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning, or having).
They are words that would normally be nouns, but are used as adjectives
to modify a noun or pronoun
Rules
1. Add an ‘S to make a singular noun possessive
Examples: Peter’s house, The teacher’s Book, Luisa is Robert’s wife
2. Add only an ‘ to make a plural noun possessive
Examples Doctors’ offices, Students’ uniforms, Americans’ school,
3. Add an ‘S to a plural noun that does not end in s
Examples: mice’s hole, children’s toys, women’s dresses
4 Add an ‘s or only an ‘ to the end of a compound noun
Examples: Sales person’s smile, police officers’ guns

5. Add an ‘S to a singular noun that end in S when is short (1-2 syllables)

When the noun is large add only ‘
Examples: Charles’s car is new, Milagros’ family
 PRACTICE: Possessive ‘S
Make sentences. Use the words in the box

Car – Graduation – Dictionary – Computer – Family – Office – English class - School

This is Luisa’s car

The students
Luisa

Lourdes
Susan

Pedro Roberto

Tom Sabrina
 THE FAMILY

Possessive nouns express

Female mother daughter sister Wife ownership or show a
relation ship. Possessive
Male father son brother Husband nouns are formed by adding
Plural parents children an apostrophe and “S” or
only an apostrophe
Look at the family tree. Listen and complete
Sally = Tom

Kirsty Nick

1. Sally is Tom’s __________________________

2. Tom is Sally’s __________________________
3. Kirsty is Sally and Tom’s __________________
4. Nick is their _____________________________
5. Sally is Nick’s ___________________________
6. Tom is Kirsty’s __________________________
7. Kirsty is Nick’s __________________________
8. Nick is Kirsty’s __________________________
9. Sally and Tom are Kirsty and Nick’s _________
10. Kirsty and Nick are Tom and Sally’s __________
 PRACTICE:
Reading comprehension and Possessive Nouns
Read the paragraph. Complete the information about her family
Name Age Job
Rachel's brother

Rachel’s mother

Rachel’s father

Rachel Complete the sentences

Steve? Joe? Grace? 1. Steve is __________ brother.

Rachel’s Family 2. Her _______name is Grace
Hi. My name’s Rachel, and I’m form the 3. Grace is Joe’s _________.
United States. This is the photo of my family. 4. “What’s _______ ?” “He’s businessman”
Our house is in San Diego. This is my brother. 5. “Where’s ______house?” “It’s in San Diego
His name is Steve, and He’s 15. He’s a student
in high school. This is my mother. Her name’s
Grace. She is 42, and she’s a doctor. And this
man is my father Joe. He’s 44 and he’s a businessman.