The possessive case An apostrophe is used with an s at the end of a noun It shows that something or someone belongs to that noun e.g the girl’s ball; the boy’s bike When the possessor is plural, we just add an apostrophe e.g the Simpsons’ house A Put the apostrophe into the words below: the Browns car the teams mascot the sharks fin Jennys bag the dogs owner 10 last weeks concert the childrens toys 11 the girls dresses the babys rattle 12 Lukes garden the twins uncle 13 the dogs dinner my dads hat 14 the boys football B Put the apostrophe in the sentences below: It is Pats birthday next week Do you know where Mums bag is? I think these are your sisters books Andys bike is too big for him Daniels wifes name is Janet The policemens uniforms are blue That’s my friends house over there I can’t remember the girls name C Explain the [‘s] in these sentences (pc, is or has) This is Janet’s pen Peter’s having his lunch John’s got two sisters Jane’s putting on her coat That’s Brian’s sister David‘s got Daniel’s pen I’m going to see Bob’s new house John’s sitting in the living room He’s watching television 10 He’s got a lot of homework to 11 Thomas’s sister’s name’s Charlotte 12 Janet’s car’s grey D Can you make sentences from these prompts? the boat/Bob the eyes/the cat the daughter/Mr Brown the names/your friends the birthday/my mother the car/my friends the books/the students the bracelet/Susan the rackets/the players 10 the house/the Coopers