7. You have a great teacher. Her teacher is Costa Your teacher is Costa Rican. Rican. 8. Cat eats a little. My food is very expensive. Its food is very expensive. 9. He has many friends. Our friends are unconditional. His friends are unconditional. 10. Katherine has a boyfriend. His boyfriend is kind. Her boyfriend is kind. 1.3.4. Grammar: Possessive ‘s An apostrophe (‘) is used before an to denote possession of a singular noun. “s” Examples: Maria’s car Joe’s house Julia’s cellular phone An apostrophe (‘) is used after an to denote possession of a plural noun. “s” That’s the dogs’ food Boys’ toys Snakes’ toys Animals’ suffering Practice Use the following clues to write sentences. Use the possessive in each case. ‘s I like Joe’s new shirt. 1. I/like/Joe/new/shirt Gina Mark’s car. 2. Gina/hates/Mark/car Jessica her parents’ charisma. 3. Jessica/loves/her parents/charisma He wants to borrow his brother’s shirt. 4. He/wants/to borrow/his brother/shirt They are afraid of their dogs’ food. 5.They/are/afraid/of/their/dogs/food She is looking at her friend’s necklace. 6. She/is/looking/at/her/friend/necklace
7. You have a great teacher. Her teacher is Costa Rican. Your teacher is Costa Rican. 8. Cat eats a little. My food is very expensive. Its food is very expensive. 9. He has many friends. Our friends are unconditional. His friends are unconditional. 10. Katherine has a boyfriend. His boyfriend is kind. Her boyfriend is kind. 1.3.4. Grammar: Possessive ‘s An apostrophe (‘) is used before an “s” to denote possession of a singular noun. Examples: Maria’s car Joe’s house Julia’s cellular phone An apostrophe (‘) is used after an “s” to denote possession of a plural noun. That’s the dogs’ food Boys’ toys Snakes’ toys Animals’ suffering Practice Use the following clues to write sentences. Use the possessive ‘s in each case. 1. I/like/Joe/new/shirt I like Joe’s new shirt. 2. Gina/hates/Mark/car Gina Mark’s car. 3. Jessica/loves/her parents/charisma Jessica her parents’ charisma. 4. He/wants/to borrow/his brother/shirt He wants to borrow his brother’s shirt. 5.They/are/afraid/of/their/dogs/food They are afraid of their dogs’ food. 6. She/is/looking/at/her/friend/necklace She is looking at her friend’s necklace.
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