SIMPSONS-POSSESSIVE -S

1. THE SIMPSONS
ACTIVITY: The Simpson’s.
LEVEL: 1st-2nd ESO.
FOCUS: To practise the saxon genitive.
MATERIALS:
Teacher: PowerPoint presentation using computer and video projector.
Students: notebook to write 15 sentences using the genitive.
TIME: 20 minutes.
PREPARATION:
On their notebooks students write numbers 1-15 in column. They write each sentence
as they are shown the slides.
PROCEDURE:
Students are shown the numbered slides, one by one. Individually they write 15
sentences using the genitive with the words given.

3. Homer and Marge are married.
They have a son, Bart, and two daughters, Lisa and Maggie.
HOMER
MARGE
MAGGIE
LISA BART

4. Bart / son 1
Bart is Homer and Marge’s son

5. Bart / brother 2
Bart is Lisa’s brother

6. Homer / husband 3
Homer is Marge’s husband

7. Maggie / sister 4
Maggie is Bart’s sister

8. Homer and Marge / parents 5
Homer and Marge are Lisa’s parents

9. Milhouse / classmate 6
Milhouse is Bart’s classmate
MILHOUSE

10. Santa / dog 7
Santa is Bart’s dog
SANTA

11. Mr Burns / boss 8
MR BURNS
Mr Burns is Homer’s boss

12. Flanders / neighbour 9
Flanders is Homer’s neighbour
NED FLANDERS

13. Grandpa / father 10
Grandpa is Homer’s father
ABRAHAM SIMPSON

14. Snowball / cat 11
Snowball is Lisa’s cat
SNOWBALL

15. Moe / friend 12
Moe is Homer’s friend
MOE

16. Selma and Patty / sisters 13
SELMA & PATTY BOUVIER
Selma & Patty are Marge’s sisters

17. Principal Skinner / teacher 14
Principal Skinner is Bart’s teacher
PRINCIPAL SKINNER

18. Grandpa / grandfather 15
Grandpa is Bart’s grandfather
GRANDPA