At the end of the school course our physical education teacher takes everything he finds in the changing room and leaves it in the middle of the playing field. It's like a second hand market where you can find all the material you have lost during term time. 'Whose is this tracksuit?', our teacher asks. 'It's Peter's', someone says. It's very funny to try to recognize the owner of everything. 'What about this schoolbag?', he wants to know now 'I think it's Alice Adams's'. 'Is it yours, Alice?' 'Yes, it is'. 'Whose are these dirty socks?' Peter's face gets red and he looks really embarrased. 'They're mine', he says. 'You mustn't leave your things lying about, Peter. You have to hang your clothes on the pegs, and after class take them home.', the teacher says to Peter angrily. Sometimes it is hard to believe that someone can lose things like underpants, trainers, vests or even pyjamas. What do they want a pyjamas at school for? There are many students' things which nobody recognizes. All this school equipment is packed in boxes and kept in a wardrobe in the children's changing room again.
singular nouns
names ending in -s
irregular plural nouns | + 's | | plural nouns ending in -s | + ' |
The genitive is mainly used for people and living creatures. It usually answers the question WHOSE ........ ?
When we want to show possession with things, we use an 'of - construction' |
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The end of the school course
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