This document provides information about possessive case and possessive adjectives in English grammar: - Possessive adjectives express possession or ownership, such as "my", "her", "their". - Possessive case is formed with an apostrophe ('s) and shows ownership of a noun over another person, place, or thing. Rules for forming possessive case include adding 's to singular nouns and just an apostrophe to plural nouns. - Examples are given to illustrate the correct use of possessive case and common mistakes to avoid.

1. Possessive case (‘s)
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3. Possesive Adjectives
As their name suggests, possessive adjectives are
often used to express possession or ownership.

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• Complete the gaps.
• Mary always go shopping with …her…… husband.
• My brother wants to sell .....his.... car.
• My parents like …our/their…… house.
• Jack and I give a party. ……our……. party is amazing.

5. Common mistakes
We went to my house.
This house is my. (mine)
I want to give the lions this toy because I know it is their. (Their)
The lions hunted their prey.

6. Possessive case (‘s)

7. What is the possessive case?
• The possessive case shows ownership. With the addition of ’s (or
sometimes just the apostrophe), a noun can change from a simple
person, place, or thing to a person, place, or thing that owns
something.

8. When do we use it?
• We use the possessive case when we talk about things that belong to
a person or an animal, but we also use it to express relationships and
physical characteristics of the subject.

9. Rules
• If the noun doesn’t end with an s, add ’s to the end of the noun.
The dog is Mary’s pet.

10. • But when you have a plural noun that ends in s, add just the
apostrophe. This is also true when you have a proper noun that’s
plural.
This is the Minions’ bedroom.

11. • If you have a compound noun (for example, when you’re talking
about two people who jointly own one thing), change only the last
noun to the possessive.
These is Martha and Jack’s ball.
Those’re Martha, Sally and Diego’s balls.

12. • If the possessor is a building, an object, or a piece of furniture, you
don’t need to add an apostrophe to show possession.
• We meet in the office lobby.
• We meet in the office’s lobby.

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