Let’s learn how to use possessive ‘s and s’ to show who things belong to. You will learn how to do this with names and with singular and plural nouns. You also learn where to put the apostrophe (‘).
A1 Possessive ‘s and s’
Using possessive ‘s to show who things belong to
You use noun + ‘s
- with a name: John is Jane‘s friend.
- with a singular noun: It’s my brother‘s birthday tomorrow.
- with an irregular plural noun: Children’s toys are cheap.
- for common places: I need to go to the Doctor’s.
Words ending in ‘s
- with words ending in s, you add ‘s: This is Jame’s house.
Regular plural nouns
- with regular plural nouns, you add an apostrophe: My friends’ house is near the beach.
More than one noun
- with more than one noun, you add ‘s after the second person: Harry and Will’s party is on Friday.
There are materials specifically concerned with a particular grammar structure at this elementary level of English. The main structures at this level are the Past Simple, Present Continuous and structures for the future tense.
- A1 Adverbs
- A1 Articles
- A1 Can and Can’t
- A1 Dates, days and numbers
- A1 Greetings and Introductions
- A1 Have
- A1 Indefinite article
- A1 It Sentences
- A1 Linking Words
- A1 Much and Many
- A1 Offers, suggestions, orders and instructions
- A1 Possessive ‘s and s’
- A1 Prepositions of Place
- A1 Present Simple
- A1 Pronouns
- A1 Regular Adjectives
- A1 Singular and Plural Nouns
- A1 There and Their
- A1 Wh questions
At this elementary level, there are materials concerned with basic English communication to provide confidence to understand at this basic level of English.
Here are resources at this elementary level that will give students practice in reading and writing. The reading materials are reading comprehensions but can be easily adapted for other reading practice. At this low level, the writing materials are generally guided writings.
t this elementary level, there are materials concerned with basic English vocabulary to provide confidence to speak at this basic level of English.
- A1 Animals Word Puzzle
- A1 Body and Face Word Puzzle
- A1 Clothes Word Puzzle
- A1 Colours Word Puzzle
- A1 English for Art Word Puzzle
- A1 Family and Friends Word Puzzle
- A1 Food and Drink Word Puzzle
- A1 Names Word Puzzle
- A1 Numbers Word Puzzle
- A1 Prepositions Word Search
- A1 School Word Puzzle
- A1 The Home Word Puzzle
- A1 Transport Word Puzzle
- A1 Weather Word Puzzle