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POSSESSIVE 1. W e use 's with a person to talk about family and possessions. “George Clooney's mother” NOT the mother of George Clooney. 2. We use s' with.

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1 POSSESSIVE 1. W e use 's with a person to talk about family and possessions. “George Clooney's mother” NOT the mother of George Clooney. 2. We use s' with regular plural nouns. “My parents' house” “My kids bedroom” NOT My parent's house. My kid's bedroom

2 Possessive -Use 's with irregular plural nouns: The children's room-la habitación de los niños. Men's clothes-la ropa de los hombres. 3. If it is a proper noun ending in - s, you can use 's or just the apostrophe. James's/jeimisis/ or James' Banderas's/baenderesis/ or Banderas'

3 Possessive 4. They don't usually use a thing +'s. “the end of the class” NOT the class's end. The city centre NOT the city's centre. 3. We use whose...? to ask about possessions. Whose is this bag? Whose bag is this? You can answer: it's Maria's bag or it's Maria's.

4 POSSESSIVE CAREFUL: Maria's mother ('s=of Maria) Maria's Spanish ('s=is) Whose/Who's Who's=who is eg. Who's that girl? She's my sister Whose=of who, e.g, Whose is this bag?it's Jack's Who's and Whose are pronounced the same.


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