Possessive 's' (Unit 6)

[Purbey]

Hi Toresten and friend
my answer is same as above.

the Blue express the verb to Be ex. She's is a banker.
the Red express the Possession i.e. Toreten and Torsten's(his) team is doing amazing work. :oops:

[Ugyen]

Dear Torsten,

Thank you for lesson 6.
Naufragis' illustration make this lesson very clear. Possessive "S" is in red color.

[Dani Ahmad]

Dear Torsten,
Thank you for your sixth lesson with topic prossesive, See you with next lesson

[Mary Annhere]

Dear torsten,

First of all lot of thanks for the unit 6.
In my opinion, according to the text, I think the word "s" in color blue refers the possessive like when you say her husband´s name, or her daughter´s name; is the way you want to establishes possession or ownership of something.

Completely different when you use the "s" in color red I think is when you want to refer the use of the verb "TO BE", as in the example : He´s an engineer is the same to say He is an engineer or She´s a student= She is a student.

That´s how I understand the text. Thanks.
Regards, ann.

That´s as I understand your

[Xusrew]

red one reffers to possesive and blue one IS "verb to be"

[Osvaldo]

Hi,
When 's' is red:
I'm, you're, he's, she's, it's, we're, you're, they're,
are contracted forms of the verb "to be".

I'm a student.
You're a teacher.
He's an engineer.
She's a manager.
It's a beautiful house.
We're employees.
You're workers.
They're football players.

When 's' is blue:
Possessive form

Living things: The dog's food is stale.

Countries and
Collective nouns: The Company's president was late to the meeting.

Things from the nature: Ocean's waves were huge.

Time expressions: Today's weather is awful.

I was lucky! I got 10/10 on the test.

Regards

[Humberto]

i think "S" in red is the possesive form and "s" in blue is the contracted form of "be" (He's = He is).

:D

Humberto

[Humberto]

i think "S" in red is the possesive form (shows belonging) and "s" in blue is the contracted form of "be" (He's = He is).

:D

Humberto

[Osvaldo]

Hi, Humberto,

You're right. It was a distraction!
's' in blue is the contracted form of "to be"
's' in red is the possesive form

Thanks,
Regards

When 's' is blue:
I'm, you're, he's, she's, it's, we're, you're, they're,
are contracted forms of the verb "to be".

I'm a student.
You're a teacher.
He's an engineer.
She's a manager.
It's a beautiful house.
We're employees.
You're workers.
They're football players.

When 's' is red:
Possessive form

Living things: The dog's food is stale.

Countries and
Collective nouns: The Company's president was late to the meeting.

Things from the nature: Ocean's waves were huge.

Time expressions: Today's weather is awful.

[Johana Vargas]

Hi everyone,

The differences are that in the red sentences we are using the verb "to be" or sometimes the abbreviations oh he has or she has. In the blue sentences we talk about Possessives.

Regards to all

Johana

[Venetia Carlton]

Dear Torsten,

I am good in English but get stuck sometimes in word, while talking the words doesn't comes in the mind. May be becoz of vocabulary, I want to improve my this. Second thing please clear me in "s" normally 's" is used to show possessiveness that I know but other than this "s" is use in other way too. i.e. She works very hard. Why this 's' is used can you please explain me this that when we use this 's'. Will wait for your reply. If possible please send me thru email. My email address is venetia.carlton@basf.com

[Hameedo]

hi! how are u Torsten
thanks alot

[Janice94]

I think that blue is the possessive because the red actually denotes a combination of a pronoun and is.

The blue denotes a noun or pronoun possessing something.

[Subhash]

Dear Torsten
I got 6th lesson and understood it clearly.

Thanks again
Subhash

[Elliott]

Hello,

I think red "s" indicates possesives, and blue "s" indicates a verb contraction.

Elliott