POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
Teacher Sandro Romilton / 2013
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
A maneira mais comum de se expressar posse em
Inglês é usando-se ’S.
Em lugar de dizermos, por exemplo:
The house of John, dizemos:
John’s house. (A casa de John).
Coloca-se apóstrofo s (’s) após o possuidor.
A coisa possuída vem imediatamente após.
Exemplos:
I’m going to my friend’s house. (Vou à casa do meu amigo)
This is Mr. Silva’s office. (Este é o escritório de Mr. Silva)
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
 Quando o possuidor estiver no plural formado pelo acréscimo de:
-S (ex: boys) ou -ES (ex: secretaries), coloca-se apenas o apóstrofo
após o possuidor.
Examples: The boys’ shirts are near their toys.
The secretaries’ books are on the table.
The party will be at the Smiths’ place tomorrow.
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
 Quando houver vários possuidores e a coisa possuída
for comum a todos, o ’s será colocado após o último
possuidor. Examples:
Charles and Mary’s parents are inviting you to go to
their house.
Peter and Charles’s house is near their school.
 Entretanto, se cada um dos elementos possuírem uma
coisa em separado, coloca-se ‘s após cada um deles.
Examples:
Paul’s and Henry’s cars are at the garage.
Mr. Smith’s and Mr. Brown’s offices are near their
houses.
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
 Look at the family tree. Write sentences about the people in there.
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
POSSESSIVE CASE (’S)
 O caso possessivo também aparece em certas construções
evitando repetição.
That house is Albert’s. (= Albert’s house)
(Aquela casa é do Albert)
That painting is Michelangelo’s. (=Michelangelo’s painting)
(Aquela pintura é de Miguelângelo)
 Quando o possuidor for um nome clássico terminado em s,
usa-se somente o apóstrofo (’):
Jesus’ love.
Moises’ laws.
Hercules’ strenghth.
PRACTICAL EXERCISES:
1º) Escolha a alternativa correta: “They were looking at the...”
a) birds’s feet.
b) bird’ feet.
c) birds’ feet.
d) birds’s feets.
e) feet’s birds.
2º) Qual dessas frases está correta?
a) My father’s mother is my niece.
b) My father’s mother is my aunt.
c) My father’s mother is my grandmother.
d) My father’s mother is my sister.
e) My father’s mother is my great-grandmother.
3º) “ ’s ” é a forma abreviada de “is” em:
a) Picasso’s impressionistic figure.
b) City’s pride.
c) Isamu Nogushi’s sculpture.
d) New York’s creations.
e) It’s happening.
PRACTICAL EXERCISES:
4º) Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à tradução mais adequada da
seguinte frase:
“My mother’s maid has just bought the dog’s meat.”
a) Minha mãe e a empregada acabam de comprar a carne do cachorro.
b) A empregada de minha mãe acaba de comprar a carne do cachorro.
c) Minha mãe acabou de fazer a carne do cachorro.
d) Minha mãe fará compras com a empregada e o cachorro.
e) Minha mãe é empregada e comprou carne de cachorro.
5º) Assinale a alternativa correta na questões abaixo:
“My little puppy doesn’t seem to like your __________ red handkerchief.”
a) father’s-in-law
d) father-in-law’
b) father-in-law’s
e) fathers’-in-law
6º) “Where have you put your __________?”
a) mother purses’
b) mother purse’s
d) mothers’ purse
e) mother’s purse
c) father’-in-law
c) mother’s purse’s
“THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL”
On the last day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.
The florist’s son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers.
The candy-store owner’s daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy.
Then the liquor-store owner’s son brought up a big, heavy box.
The teacher lifted it up and noticed that it was leaking a little bit. She
touched a drop of the liquid with her finger and tasted it. “Is it wine?” she
guessed.
“No.”, the boy replied.
She tasted another drop and asked, “Champagne?”
“No.”, said the little boy...
“I give up.”, she said. “What is it?”
The boy replied, “It’s a PUPPY!”
THE END!!!
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