Activity 2

People's belongings


Complete the following sentences with the correct words below.

1. This is _______ car.
a) Peter
b) Peter's
In the sentence you hear that Peter’s name goes with S, this indicates that the car belongs to Peter. Excellent!
The sentence says that the car belongs to Peter. Pay attention to the sentence.
2. Let´s go to the ______ house.
a) Jones'
b) Jone's
We have checked that, when we have a plural noun that ends with S, we only add that apostrophe. Well done!
Jones is a last name, so be careful with the possession option. Remember plural nouns rules.
3. The _______ room is upstairs.
a) children's
b) childrens
This is an irregular plural noun, so it is necessary to include an apostrophe. Then, “the children’s” is correct. Well done!
In the sentence you can hear an S at the end, however remember that “children” is an irregular noun.
4. ______ sister is twenty years old.
a) Jame's
b) James'
When a noun ends with an S, just add the apostrophe at the end. Maybe it is difficult this sentence because it has a lot of S, however you did it great! Good job!
Are you sure that, this is the correct form to write that something belongs to James? This name ends with S.
5. ______ clothe store is on the next corner.
a) women's
b) womens'
This is an irregular plural noun, so it is necessary to include an apostrophe at the end. You identify the irregular noun and you did it great!
Be careful! Women is an irregular plural noun. Remember the rule with this kind of nouns.
6. My ______ office is not far from here.
a) father
b) father's
The office belongs to the father. Well done!
Maybe you did not listen correctly the pronunciation. The office belongs to the father.
7. These are _______ glasses.
a) Marcos'
b) Marcos's
When a noun is singular, we only include an apostrophe at the end of the noun; so Marcos' is the correct answer. Very good!
When a noun ends with an S at the end we just have to add an apostrophe, so Marcos´ is the correct answer.
8. That is _________ Identification Card.
a) Amanda's
b) Amandas'
The identification card belongs to Amanda. Well done!
The identification cards are individual, so there is no possible to this identification card belongs to many Amandas.
9. That is _______ house.
a) our
b) our's
Possessive adjectives are used to indicate possession too. We don't have to use 'S. Well done!
This is another form to express possessions. So, it is not necessary to use ´s.
10. Anne has a camera, it is ____ camera.
a) her's
b) her
Her is a possessive adjective and it is used to say that a thing belongs to her, so we don’t have to include 's. Excellent!
Her is a possessive adjective and this is another form to express possession. So, it is not necessary to use ´s.

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