Possessive nouns, adjectives, pronouns

2. Martina’s car is old Her car is old
Hers old
Possessivenouns Possessiveadjectives
Possessivepronouns
3WAYSTOEXPRESSPOSSESSION

4. To form possessivenouns:

5. SINGULARNOUNS
Martina
Findtheowner
Addtheapostrophe
Addsifthereisn’t
one
Martina’
Martina’s guitar

6. REGULARPLURALS
My parents
Findtheowner
Addtheapostrophe
Addsifthereisn’t
one
My parents’
My parents’ car

7. IRREGULARPLURALS
The fishermen
Findtheowner
Addtheapostrophe
Addsifthereisn’t
one
The fishermen’
The fishermen’s boats

8. PROPERNOUNSTHATENDIN“S”
Either way is fine, s or just ’
-Charles’s wife is pretty
-Charles’ wife is pretty

10. POSSESSIVE
Possessive noun Possessive adjectives Possessive pronoun
It’s Kevin’s book It’s my conclusion It’s mine
It’s Juliana’s bike It’s your idea It’s yours
It’s the students’ pet It’s his book It’s his
It’s her guinea pig It’s hers
It’s our class It’s ours
It’s their pet It’s theirs

11. PRACTICE

13. every- and some-
any-
no-
Affirmative statements
Questions and negatives
Negative statements
Common infinitive pronouns
every-
everyone
everybody
everything
some-
someone
somebody
something
any- no-
anyone
anybody
anything
no one
nobody
nothing

14. 1. ___________ left an umbrella in the classroom
2. All the stores were closed. ____________ was open.
3. We knocked on the door, but _________ was home.
4. There isn’t ___________ to talk to. Everybody’s busy tonight.
5. She finished all her dinner. She ate __________ on her plate.
Write one of the indefinite pronouns from the box to complete each
sentence.

15. PRACTICE
Circle the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
1. We saw/didn’t see anything in the box.
2. No one was/ wasn’t in the room with us .
3. She didn’t see nobody/ anybody at the the store.
4. I think I forgot something/nothing at home.