Saxon Genitive (‘s)

   Examples:

     Homer is Bart’s dad.

     Marge is Bart’s mum.

     Lisa and Maggie are Bart’s sisters.

     Clancy is Bart’s grandad.

     Herb is Bart’s uncle.

Names ending in ‘s’

When a name ends in -s, like James, we can either use the normal ‘s structure (which is more common in modern English) or only add an apostrophe. If we add ‘s we need to add a syllable /iz/ to the pronunciation. 

For example:

That’s James’s drawing. OR That’s James’ drawing.

Camilla is Charles’s wife. OR Camilla is Charles’ wife.

Frances’s car has broken down. OR Frances’ car has broken down.

He is Mrs Jones's husband.

Joint Possession

When two or more people share possession of something, add the possessive ending (‘s) only to the last noun. For example:

Sarah and John’s apartment, Mary and Tom’s wedding.

THE BUTCHER’S

Some of the possessive nouns may function without a second noun.

Here you are some easy and quick exercises to practice saxon genitive:

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4

Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8

Exercise 9 Exercise 10 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Exercise 13