Primary Longman Elect 2 A Chapter 6 Possessive

Primary Longman Elect 2 A Chapter 6 Possessive ‘s Third person singular

What is your mother’s job? She is a housewife.

She looks after the family.

What is your father’s job? He is a policeman.

He catches bad people.

Possessive ‘s • We use ‘’s’ to show something belongs to someone. e. g. What is your father’s job? the job your father has What is your mother’s job? the job your mother has • It is different from the short form of ‘is’.

Third person singular • We add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ after action words when we use ‘he’ or ‘she’. • We add ‘-s’ to most action words. e. g. I put serve look drive help He / She puts serves looks drives helps

Third person singular • We add ‘-es’ to action words ending with ‘ch’. e. g. I catch teach He / She catches teaches

Practice Choose the correct answer. My father is a doctor. What does he do? A B C He help sick people. He helps sick people. He helpes sick people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My father is a doctor. What does he do? A B C He help sick people. He helps sick people. He helpes sick people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is a waitress. What does she do? A B C She serves food to people. She serveies food to people. She serve food to people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is a waitress. What does she do? A B C She serves food to people. She serveies food to people. She serve food to people.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is an English teacher. What does she do? A B C She teach English. She teachs English. She teaches English.

Practice Choose the correct answer. My mother is an English teacher. What does she do? A B C She teach English. She teachs English. She teaches English.

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