1. Possessive ‘S

2. Ann's camera /
Ann's camera (her camera)
the manager's office (his or her
office)

3. We normally use -'S for people:
• I stay at my sister's house. (not 'the
house of my sister')
• Do you know Mr Kelly's wife? (not 'the
wife of Mr Kelly')
• Are you going to James's party?
• Paul is a man's name. Paula is a woman's
name.

4. You can use -'s without a noun
after it:
• Mary's hair is longer than Ann's. (= Ann's
hair)
• 'Whose umbrella is this?' 'It's my
mother's? (= my mother's umbrella)
• 'Where were you last night?' 'I was at
Paul's? (= Paul's house)

5. friend's and friends'
• My House • Our House
• my friend's house = one • my friends' house = two or
friend (= his house or her
more friends (= their house)
house)
• We write -' after: friends /
• We write -'s after: friend / students / parents etc.
student / mother etc. (plural):
(singular):
my parents' car (two parents)
my mother's car (one mother)
my father's ear (one father)

6. We use of... for things, places
etc.:
• Look at the roof of that building. (not 'that
building's roof')
• We didn't see the beginning of the film. (not
'the film's beginning')
• What's the name of this village?
• Do you know the cause of the problem?
• You can sit in the hack of the car.
• Madrid is the capital of Spain.