Primary Longman Elect 2A Chapter 6 Possessive ‘s Third person singular

What is your mother’s job? She is a housewife.

She looks after the family.

What is your father’s job? He is a policeman.

He catches bad people.

Possessive ‘s We use ‘’s’ to show something belongs to someone. e.g. What is your father’s job? What is your mother’s job? It is different from the short form of ‘is’. the job your father has the job your mother has

Third person singular We add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ after action words when we use ‘he’ or ‘she’. We add ‘-s’ to most action words. e.g. I He / She put puts serve serves look looks drive drives help helps

Third person singular We add ‘-es’ to action words ending with ‘ch’. e.g. I He / She catch catches teach teaches

Practice Choose the correct answer. My father is a doctor. What does he do? A He help sick people. B He helps sick people. C He helpes sick people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My father is a doctor. What does he do? A He help sick people. B He helps sick people. C He helpes sick people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is a waitress. What does she do? A She serves food to people. B She serveies food to people. C She serve food to people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is a waitress. What does she do? A She serves food to people. B She serveies food to people. C She serve food to people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is an English teacher. What does she do? A She teach English. B She teachs English. C She teaches English.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is an English teacher. What does she do? A She teach English. B She teachs English. C She teaches English.

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