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Plurals and Possessives (s, s’, ‘s)

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Plurals and Possessives (s, s’, ‘s)

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Plurals and Possessives (s, s’, ‘s)

s: plural 👉 You add the -s ending to a noun when you want to say there are more than one.

a carrot 🥕 -> two carrots 🥕🥕 a car 🚗 -> many cars 🚗🚗🚗

‘s: possession 👉 We add the possessive ‘s to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people. The possessive 's always gets added at the end of a noun.

Sam’s bicycle 👦 🚲 New York’s museums🗽 🖼

s’: plural possessions 👉 When you add the -s ending to a noun, you indicate the plural. What if you want to indicate possession too? You don’t need to add s + ‘ + s, you just need to add the apostrophe to a plural noun.

my parent👩‍👦-> my parents 👨‍👩‍👦 -> my parents’ house 👨‍👩‍👦 🏠 your friend 👩🏼‍🦰 -> your friends 👩🏼‍🦰🧑🏽‍🎤 👩🏾‍🦱 👨‍🦱 -> your friends’ party 👩🏼‍🦰🧑🏽‍🎤 👩🏾‍🦱 👨‍🦱 🎉🎈

⚠️ singular names ending in -s When the name of a person ends in -s and you want to talk about something that belongs to them, you generally need to add ‘s.

Charles’s dog 👨‍🦱 🐶 James’s book 🧔‍♂️ 📕

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Helen has red hair. It’s very long. ____ red hair is very long.

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Your sisters share a bedroom. It’s quite big. Your ____ bedroom is quite big.

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Her children go to school. It’s a small school. Her ____ school is small.

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Tracy has one dog named Skipper and one dog named Cooper. Tracy has two ____.

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Lucas got a new phone. It’s the latest model. ____ phone is the latest model.

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Elephants have trunks. They are very long. ____ trunks are very long.

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Plurals and Possessives (s, s’, ‘s)

s: plural 👉 You add the -s ending to a noun when you want to say there are more than one.

‘s: possession 👉 We add the possessive ‘s to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people. The possessive 's always gets added at the end of a noun.

s’: plural possessions 👉 When you add the -s ending to a noun, you indicate the plural. What if you want to indicate possession too? You don’t need to add s + ‘ + s, you just need to add the apostrophe to a plural noun.

⚠️ singular names ending in -s When the name of a person ends in -s and you want to talk about something that belongs to them, you generally need to add ‘s.

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