We begin by using your student’s knowledge of possessive adjectives to introduce the concept of possessive nouns: We then take some time to introduce the apostrophe and how it is used with a noun to express possession: After some freer practice of gapfills and matching, we introduce two challenging concepts 1) the use of -‘s without a noun
A possessive adjective needs a noun. So, for example, in the phrase ‘your problem,’ your is a possessive adjective; it describes the noun ‘problem.’ Whereas a possessive pronoun does not need a noun. So, with ‘not mine,’ mine is a possessive pronoun and therefore is used without a noun. Generally, however, linguists look at forms like education system as compound nouns rather than an adjective + noun form. Compound nouns in English can be single words (keyboard, bookcase etc.), they can be hyphenated (ice-cream, president-elect etc.) or they can be two words (coffee table, forest fire etc.). You can read more about compound Then check out this BrainPOP movie, in which Tim and Moby tell you everything you need to know about possessives. You’ll explore the simple changes that let you know something belongs to a noun or pronoun. See how adding an apostrophe and an “s” can turn nouns into possessive nouns. And you’ll discover the special possessive forms of
Something like this doesn't exist in German grammar. We have possessive pronouns (Possessivpronomen = besitzanzeigende FĂźrwĂśrter) instead. They have some similarities with adjectives, but still behave different in most cases: Most often you use adjectives and possessive pronouns as attributes of nouns: Adjective used attributive
Unlike English, Spanish has two forms of possessive adjectives, a short form that is used before nouns, and a long form that is used after nouns. Here we focus on the long-form possessive adjectives with examples of usage and possible translations of each example: mío, mía, míos, mías — my, of mine — Son libros míos. (They are my books.

It is an index pointing to that noun. An article precedes the noun and when an adjective (here possessive) precedes the noun, the article goes before the possessive and the article's power of limitation may extend over the possessive as well. Article together with the possessive becomes the governing word of the noun governed.

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