GRAMMAR ENGLISH LESSON

1. THE
POSSESIV
E ‘S
YOU USE IT WHEN
YOU WANT TO SAY
WHOSE
SOMETHING

2. GRAMMAR RULES TO USE IT:
• WE PUT IT AT THE END OF A NAME: MARY’S CAT
• IF THE LAST LETTER OF THE NAME IS S YOU MUST PUT AT
THE END OF THE NAME AN APOSTROPHE (‘) : NICOLAS’
DOG
• IF IN A SENTENCE THERE ARE TWO NAMES YOU MUST PUT
THE ‘S AT THE END OF THE SECOND NAME: JOHN AND
MARY’S GOLDFISH

3. THE POSSESIVE ‘S AND THE ARTICLES
• YOU MUST REMOVE THE ARTICLE WHEN, AFTER THE NAME
THERE IS THE POSSESIVE ‘S:
THE LILY’S DOG  LILY’S DOG

4. IT CORRESPONDS…
TO THE «GENITIVO SASSONE» IN ITALIAN