1. Genitive – possessive case
To make the genitive of nouns of PEOPLE or ANIMALS we add 's
1. The spectacles of my grandmother = my grandmother’s spectacles
2. The pen of Ron = Ron’s pen
3. My mother's hobby is surfing
4. The yellow one is my dad's car.

2. RULE: To plural of nouns that already end in ‘s’
we just add ' (apostrophe) and no ‘s’
The cats' food is in the kitchen.
Where is the ladies' room?
NOTE: here we need not add extra ‘s’

3. To proper nouns (name) ending in a sound like an S we add an 's
Prince Charles's wedding was in 1981.
We walked through St James's park.

4. When THE PLACE IS UNDERSTOOD:
Special use 1
When THE PLACE IS UNDERSTOOD:
Words such as house, shop, cathedral,...are generally omitted after a genitive:
Example:
The wedding took place at St Paul's. (Cathedral)
Mum is at the baker's. (shop)
I'm staying at my uncle's. (house)
We don’t say cathedral, shop or house.

5. SPECIAL USE 2 . The genitive is often used in expressions denoting
TIME or DISTANCE:
Where is yesterday's newspaper?
We go to Bath for a week's holiday
. She lives in an hour's distance from work.

6. Special use 3
Sometimes a noun is followed by OF + GENITIVE: it is called the double possessive and is used to put the stress on the person who possesses:
This is a house of my sister's.
These are friends of my father's.

7. Put the genitives for the following
This is ……… book. (Peter)
Let's go to the ………. . (Smiths)
The ……………. room is upstairs. (children)
 ……………sister is twelve years old. (John)
 …………….and ………… school is old. (Susan – Steve)
 ………………shoes are on the second floor. (men)
My …………… car was not expensive. (parents)
 ………………CD player is new. (Charles)
This is the …………… bike. (boy)
These are the ………….. pencils. (boys)

8. Put the genitives for the following
Alice and John... House
My mother... Nose
my dog... Ears
at the baker...
grandchild... Birthday

9. Put the genitives for the following
1. My aunt and uncle... Shop
2. Patrick ………. Boots
3. Our post man ……..cat
4. The thief …….. Bag
5. Your mom and dad……. bedroom