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English Grammar OLD draft

4. Possessive

  • Introduction

  • 1. Singular and plural
  • 2. Articles
  • 3. Capital letters
  • 4. Possessive
  • 5. Present simple, third person
  • 6. Present continuous
  • 7. Personal pronouns as objects
  • 8. Can, could and be able to
  • 9. Must and have to
  • 10. Dummy subject
  • Introduction

  • 1. Singular and plural

  • 2. Articles

  • 3. Capital letters

  • 4. Possessive

  • 5. Present simple, third person

  • 6. Present continuous

  • 7. Personal pronouns as objects

  • 8. Can, could and be able to

  • 9. Must and have to

  • 10. Dummy subject

4. Possessive

The possessive indicates who or what a thing belongs to or that it is a part of something. For example, the teacher’s desk is a desk that belongs to the teacher. There are two ways to express owning and belonging in English: the suffix -‘s and the word of. The -‘s suffix is often used when something is owned by a person: 

the teacher’s desk
a famous actor’s house
somebody’s jacket

The of sentence structure is often used when saying that places or things belong together: 

the streets of London
the door of the bedroom

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Beginning 5. Present simple, third person
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