🤔 Which is correct: TV Remote or TV's Remote? | Possessive Forms EXPLAINED! 🔥

In this lesson you'll learn the secrets to using the possessive form in English, and when to use the apostrophe for possessives! Discover which nouns can be possessive and which ones can't, and avoid the common mistakes that even native speakers make!!!
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00:00 Introduction
01:03 Singular Nouns (Basic Rules)
01:36 Singular Nouns Ending in 'S'
03:05 Plural Nouns (Basic Rules)
04:08 Plural Nouns Not Ending in 'S'
05:01 Joint Ownership and Compound Nouns
07:27 Possessive Adjectives
09:06 Possessive Pronouns
09:58 Nouns That Can Be Possessive
11:57 Nouns That Cannot Be Possessive
17:03 Quiz and Practice
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Is it the TV remote or the TV's remote? Is it the book cover or the book's cover? If you think that's easy, what about the world end or the world's end? Well, in that last example, neither are correct. But hey, you're not alone. Many students have this problem. In today's lesson, you're going to see how easy possessives really are in English so you can confidently use them when you're speaking English. Are you ready?
I often hear my students saying things like, The dog of the sister of my mother. 8 words. Instead of, my aunt's dog. 3 words. Why? Well, because they haven't learned possessives. Before I can explain the TV remote or the TV's remote, let's first have a look at the basic way to use possessives in English.
Okay, let's start with a quick review of singular nouns. When a single person, animal or thing, owns something. In these situations, we just add an apostrophe and S to the end of the noun. For example, the King's Guard, a child's imagination, that author's books, Greg's Daily Quick Fix. That's my course that I run via WhatsApp for students who want to reach an advanced level of English.
Now, that's okay, pretty easy. But what happens if the noun already ends with an S, like James, boss, Paris? Well, in these cases, we still need to add an apostrophe to show possession, but we have a choice whether to add an S at the end or just leave it. We could say James' pen with just an apostrophe, or James's pen with an apostrophe S. My boss's chair with an apostrophe, or my boss's chair with an apostrophe S. Paris' cathedrals or Paris's cathedrals. Again, either with the apostrophe or with the apostrophe S. Did you notice anything about my pronunciation? It didn't change. It's both James' or James's, whether we use an apostrophe or an apostrophe S. The important thing is that the apostrophe always comes after the final S of the noun.
Okay, before I continue, as with all my videos, you can download a free PDF worksheet with all the examples, a summary of today's lesson, and an advanced quiz to test your understanding of this lesson. Just click the link in the description, enter your email address, and I will send that worksheet to your inbox immediately. Okay, let's continue.
Okay, plural nouns. By that, I mean not one dog, but two dogs. Dogs is the plural noun here. Now, the rules change slightly here because if the plural noun ends with an S, which it normally does, we simply add an apostrophe at the end. For example, they are my dogs' bowls. This sentence refers to two or more dogs and two or more bowls. Both tennis players' rackets were damaged. Again, this refers to two tennis players. My parents' house is in England, two parents. Over there is the students' classroom. Again, more than one student. In the plural, possessive sentences, we don't use an extra S and we don't pronounce an extra S either. We simply write a little apostrophe when we are writing the word.
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  • @EnglishWithGreg
    @EnglishWithGreg6 ай бұрын

    📚Download the free *Lesson Summary + Test* for this lesson here 👉🏼 free.englishwithgreg.com

  • @zabbeestruckchannel1814

    @zabbeestruckchannel1814

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @maxvornovskykh1005

    @maxvornovskykh1005

    6 ай бұрын

    Hi Greg, I'm afraid the download doesn't work. I fill the form but no letter (including spam folder)

  • @jyp3106
    @jyp31066 ай бұрын

    I'm always amazed at how beginners in English tend to focus on the things that confuse them the most. I had a great lecture today, and thanks to it, my English skills have improved a lot.

  • @pawezielinski2781

    @pawezielinski2781

    6 ай бұрын

    I will never understand how the plural of od stopped appearing in English. fish, or sheep, or fruit...

  • @dmitrymorenov2179
    @dmitrymorenov21792 ай бұрын

    Your pronunciation is so British and sounds so good and simple to me that I would say you’re the best teacher of those whose videos I have ever watched on KZread.

  • @davidricciardella7077
    @davidricciardella70776 ай бұрын

    Hi Greg , you’re amazing as usual . Thank you for the lesson . Cheers😊

  • @premiumedjr
    @premiumedjr6 ай бұрын

    I've really appreciated the lesson! It was very informative! Thank you very much.

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @DmitriyIsaychenko
    @DmitriyIsaychenko6 ай бұрын

    I've been waiting for this video all my life :)

  • @peterpancik
    @peterpancik6 ай бұрын

    I have pretty solid knowledge of English (at least understanding and writing) but always struggle when to say "of the" and when "sb's" so thank a lot for this lesson :)

  • @nikovald
    @nikovaldАй бұрын

    Amazed as usual, great lesson. 5/5 thanks.

  • @user-ev7uz7fc3e
    @user-ev7uz7fc3e6 ай бұрын

    Thanks, teacher!

  • @homeirakashanchi6704
    @homeirakashanchi67046 ай бұрын

    Thank you teacher for presenting the best grammar videos.

  • @juanmanuelabeijon5926
    @juanmanuelabeijon59265 ай бұрын

    Great lesson, i went to London for chrismas to test my english and at the beginning it was a little bit Hard to understand especially when i tried to speak with a taxi driver, i think he used lots of idioms but after some hours i was able to speak and understand 90 %...

  • @winnerwinner7423
    @winnerwinner74235 ай бұрын

    Your teaching style is amazing sir

  • @MasambaKalaba-xo4oi
    @MasambaKalaba-xo4oi6 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot about teaching us this great and amazing lesson My amazing teacher even though you're ghosting a lot

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    My pleasure! :-) I publish every Friday ;-) 1 long video and then 2 Shorts (so, one long video every 3 weeks). However, from January I am aiming to increase the frequency to one long video every two weeks. 😊

  • @tadeuszbloki2971
    @tadeuszbloki29716 ай бұрын

    Excellent lesson. Thank you Greg 🤗

  • @ioananistor5658
    @ioananistor56586 ай бұрын

    My all.answers were correct. Well dine for me because I have a good teacher 😊 Thank you,Greg. I love your lessons

  • @magichatake
    @magichatake6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the lesson Greg! I work in an IT department, and we have some abstract objects in a database that represents a real thing. Example: A Vehicle. The correct would be "The vehicle VIN" or "The vin of the vehicle"?

  • @ciprianocorreia241
    @ciprianocorreia2416 ай бұрын

    Hi Greg, can you make a video about the differences between sob, wail, whimper and weep 🙏

  • @user-be7xj4ss2f
    @user-be7xj4ss2f6 ай бұрын

    The best channel I ever seen ) Thank you Greg, you do really big job.

  • @johnlomi
    @johnlomi6 ай бұрын

    Heart from Indonesia. U r one of the best gurus..

  • @manabendrabhattacharya2983
    @manabendrabhattacharya29833 ай бұрын

    Expressed in very easy way.

  • @diassmaker
    @diassmaker6 ай бұрын

    Excellent lesson! Thanks for sharing!

  • @MasambaKalaba-xo4oi
    @MasambaKalaba-xo4oi6 ай бұрын

    You're our English God,i mean we the Africans gotta actually pray to you as our English savior but over the last while you're ghosting, which means that you're desapearing a lot

  • @ParnithaRE1
    @ParnithaRE16 ай бұрын

    Very good lesson. And questions after it are very helpful.

  • @stacymiro8605
    @stacymiro86054 ай бұрын

    Love your explanations so much! Thank you :)

  • @leandroberrocal9475
    @leandroberrocal94756 ай бұрын

    How´s life Greg !? I love all of your videos about how to learn easily English but I want to recommend you something important. Please, make a video about direct and indirect questions, for example : Do you like chocolate ( direct ) - Could tell me if you want chocolate ( Indirect ), this grammar will possible help a lot of people to understand questions but please make this kind of video, thanks very much for your support : )

  • @Klopcyna
    @Klopcyna6 ай бұрын

    After 20 years of learning English I got all of them correct.

  • @KCHOUDHURY94
    @KCHOUDHURY946 ай бұрын

    I have corrected all the five questions.

  • @scicchi
    @scicchi6 ай бұрын

    Finally I've GOT IT!!!! Very good... a lot of confusion 'til now! Thank you Greg! GREG FOR PRESIDENT!

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @alisashevchenko2147
    @alisashevchenko21476 ай бұрын

    Exciting❤ Greg's lessons are as excellent as it gets🥰

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😃

  • @jandiraalberto2478
    @jandiraalberto24786 ай бұрын

    Greg's lessons are really good. Thank you for your pacience and the subtle humour in your videos.

  • @user-ds6tk4qm8x
    @user-ds6tk4qm8x6 ай бұрын

    Very helpful! Thanks!

  • @user-su4sw1jq4s
    @user-su4sw1jq4s6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the lesson, Greg. It was wonderful!

  • @user-qm6zo5ee7w
    @user-qm6zo5ee7w6 ай бұрын

    The explanation was very clear. Thank you Greg.

  • @ihorbaran450
    @ihorbaran4506 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your lessons 👍💙

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    That's just what I need.

  • @sergiorotondi6715
    @sergiorotondi67155 ай бұрын

    Bravo! Perfect!❤

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    My pleasure.

  • @Olga03Love
    @Olga03Love6 ай бұрын

    I love the way you teach us English. Thank you so much for this lesson today

  • @Nika-my1zo
    @Nika-my1zo6 ай бұрын

    Now that you say I actually have this problem

  • @nicolasdc6385
    @nicolasdc63856 ай бұрын

    👍🏻 very useful lesson thanks Greg !

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @steve_shooty
    @steve_shooty6 ай бұрын

    Great video, as always! Just a small mistake, i think, (13:23) "The book cover wAs interesting", is'nt it? Thanks for all your great support!

  • @tatianapavlova508
    @tatianapavlova5086 ай бұрын

    Excellent!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

  • @joseluisnalli
    @joseluisnalli6 ай бұрын

    Great video, Greg! I studied English for many years, I also did the First Certificate, anyway I always need a revision of different rules every now and then and this lesson was very useful and helpful for me.

  • @brunarehm
    @brunarehm6 ай бұрын

    Hi Greg! Thank you for this amazing explanation of the crazy "rules" English has. Why do we say the United States of America, instead of America's United States?

  • @mplt6151
    @mplt61516 ай бұрын

    Great video, thanks.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    That's great.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    Well done.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    That's amazing.

  • @alexandrasteegmans8846
    @alexandrasteegmans88466 ай бұрын

    Hi Greg! Great video. However your example about McDonald's is not so straightforward as we refer to the McDonald's [restaurant] hence the " 's " in the first place. Am I mistaken?

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah. Burger King would have been a better example! 😅 Burger King's menu is always changing.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    God bless you.

  • @sergioestuardocontrerasova4577
    @sergioestuardocontrerasova45776 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video

  • @mertkaancan3227
    @mertkaancan32276 ай бұрын

    another awesome video as always you do. thanks!

  • @salihaamir9661
    @salihaamir96616 ай бұрын

    Great lessons

  • @juliocesarpimentaguedes5679
    @juliocesarpimentaguedes56796 ай бұрын

    Are you from England? I can get everything you say, very clear pronounciation!

  • @Bea____
    @Bea____6 ай бұрын

    Hi there! I don´t understand the sentence "They are my dogs' bolws" (3:26). Can I use "they" to talk about bowls? Thank you! YOU'RE THE BEST!!! 🤗

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    You are welcome.

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw6 ай бұрын

    Good job

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @donatelladelpriore3375
    @donatelladelpriore33756 ай бұрын

    ❤ you're fantastic

  • @gianluigigaleota6632
    @gianluigigaleota66326 ай бұрын

    Juicy stuff. All I was in desperate need of. Massive thanks. Would you also help with the C2 level?

  • @albertoaguayo5189
    @albertoaguayo51896 ай бұрын

    Hi there, could someone confirm if the expression "no end" as in "very much" (according to Cambridge Dictionary) it's used instead of "to no end"?. I found both and I am quite not sure which one is correct or whether or not the two options are okey. Thanks a bunch.

  • @pazamor9164
    @pazamor91646 ай бұрын

    Now I get why they say things such as cellphone number and home address instead of home's address and cellphone's number.

  • @bernardmansire8642
    @bernardmansire86426 ай бұрын

    THANKS GOOD ""PROF😁✌

  • @jakehaymes4438
    @jakehaymes44386 ай бұрын

    Why do you say project with /əʊ/ and not /ɒ/ ?

  • @MrMegaFirestarter
    @MrMegaFirestarter6 ай бұрын

    I always thought this rules like this and rules about articles are minor and the main difficulty is to find proper words to explain and to set the right tense.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    Good evening.

  • @rolandtischer6083
    @rolandtischer60836 ай бұрын

    I guessed all of them

  • @user-ki4un4vu7p
    @user-ki4un4vu7p6 ай бұрын

    Isn't the variant C in quiz 1 also correct: girls' dress (meaning a dress made for girls and not a dress of any particular girl)? Thanks for the great lesson

  • @abokickel
    @abokickel6 ай бұрын

    "It's" can also stand for "it has", e.g "It's been a warm day".

  • @Philibert73
    @Philibert736 ай бұрын

    At 17:50, Shoudn't the answer be C, since girls is in the plural?

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    There’s only one dress and one girl in this example. If there were two or more girls, it would be: “The girls’ dresses are blue.” (Multiple girls, multiple dresses…all blue).

  • @Philibert73

    @Philibert73

    6 ай бұрын

    @@EnglishWithGreg Ok, now I understand, thank you!

  • @czeslawagonera5344
    @czeslawagonera53446 ай бұрын

    I don't have the words to thank you for your videos.😂

  • @erickaquinones4114
    @erickaquinones41146 ай бұрын

    Excellent video, thanks teacher

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    I am from Brazil.

  • @karlheinzbachmann9886
    @karlheinzbachmann98866 ай бұрын

    Hello Greg, your Chanel is really good. I know a lot of people who want to learn English. I'll give them the tip about your chanel...Hoppe this is okay for you...Best regards

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    Congratulations.

  • @volodymyrhubar6084
    @volodymyrhubar60846 ай бұрын

    Answer c is correct too, girls' dress - one dress of two girls

  • @soheilaanali7199
    @soheilaanali71996 ай бұрын

    Hello teacher. I like your eyes color. They are so beautiful, like sea.

  • @alejandroromani3185
    @alejandroromani31856 ай бұрын

    The most important idea I took from your lessons is that "the fewer words I use is the best way to use language". Do you think this is correct? Greetings from Galicia.

  • @sgdusdm8225
    @sgdusdm8225Ай бұрын

    Move over, Einstein, we've got a new genius in town!

  • @cavesalamander6308
    @cavesalamander63086 ай бұрын

    The answer to the last test ( with the table, 19:59 ) seems to contradict the example with the car door ( 13:58 ) ...

  • @EnglishWithGreg

    @EnglishWithGreg

    6 ай бұрын

    Exactly. But what do I say immediately after the 13:58 example 😉 That's the joy of English (ahem!) 😖

  • @cavesalamander6308

    @cavesalamander6308

    6 ай бұрын

    @@EnglishWithGreg So both answers in test are incorrect (it should be "The desk corner is sharp", right?) Why "B" is correct?..

  • @liddelmaxwell4178
    @liddelmaxwell41783 ай бұрын

    hi Greg i would like a copy it's interesting

  • @Polina-777
    @Polina-7776 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍!

  • @Matthew_Tons
    @Matthew_Tons6 ай бұрын

    Well, what about the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"? Did they mess up or what's about that?

  • @MiguelFernandezIglesias
    @MiguelFernandezIglesias6 ай бұрын

    And what about Golgi apparatus or Golgi's apparatus (a part of the cell) and Turner syndrome or Turner's syndrome (a disease)? Golgi was an Italian scientist and Turner was a doctor, so they are people's names. I've never seen Golgi's apparatus written in books; in biology books, Golgi apparatus is the only form used. I agree that Golgian apparatus would be correct because Golgian is an adjective, but Golgi is a name, however the form Golgi's is never used. On the contrary, I've seen both Turner's syndrome and Turner syndrome used apparently interchangeably. I wonder which of them is correct and why.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    I am studying English right now.

  • @MrMegaFirestarter
    @MrMegaFirestarter6 ай бұрын

    I'd like to say "the desk corner is sharp"

  • @Gonzalonich
    @Gonzalonich6 ай бұрын

    👏

  • @JohnEl
    @JohnEl6 ай бұрын

    but for what reason do i need this pdf?

  • @marina4165
    @marina41656 ай бұрын

    I couldn't understand the 5 example in the test: Why "The corner of the desk is sharp". correct, instead of " The desk corner is sharp." ?

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    Hello.

  • @EK-tb6ui
    @EK-tb6ui6 ай бұрын

    At school I was tought that a dog has his/her tail, not "its". What can you say?

  • @jakehaymes4438
    @jakehaymes44386 ай бұрын

    What is wrong with 3 A ?

  • @_P_A_U_L_
    @_P_A_U_L_6 ай бұрын

    Oh, it is so difficult just to copy what other people say because so many things they say are wrong.

  • @theculturedkidlanguages
    @theculturedkidlanguages6 ай бұрын

    Yes I know so many Australian's who could use this lesson! 😂

  • @jakehaymes4438
    @jakehaymes44386 ай бұрын

    Omg

  • @valeryavramova5167
    @valeryavramova51676 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍❤❤❤🌞

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho6 ай бұрын

    My name is Alexandre Araújo de Carvalho.

  • @RafaelGustavo-sb5jt
    @RafaelGustavo-sb5jt6 ай бұрын

    At 13:23 you wrote wrong dear Greg , sorry to correct you in this sentence but Wes doesn't exist. The right word in the sentence is was. I hope I was useful to you

  • @phumkiatwananuraksakul7815
    @phumkiatwananuraksakul78156 ай бұрын

    Sister-in-law's is called compound noun not proper noun

  • @Nosajwu
    @Nosajwu6 ай бұрын

    Remote for microwave😂

  • @cavesalamander6308

    @cavesalamander6308

    6 ай бұрын

    Why not? I have a kettle with bluetooth remote control. 🙂