Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions! Oh, MY! Nouns Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions! Oh, MY!

DEFINITION A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a noun that shows ownership or possession of things or qualities. Ling’s birthday cake

How to form possessive nouns: Examples All singular nouns; plural nouns not ending in S Add an apostrophe and s (‘s) A girl—a girl’s name The bus—the bus’s route Children—children’s toys Mr. Nevins—Mr. Nevins’s tie Plural nouns ending in S Add just an apostrophe (‘) at the end of the plural noun. Babies—babies’ bottle The Joneses—the Joneses’ car

Singular Possessive Noun Plural Possessive Noun Examples Singular Noun Lyndell has a book about baseball. Singular Possessive Noun Lyndell’s book is about baseball. Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams. Plural Possessive Noun Several cities’ teams attract fans.

Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. Guided Practice Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. 1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird) nest. 2. (Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place. 3. (Oscar) claws are very sharp. 4. The three (students) homework was accepted one day late. 5. (Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck. 6. The (bus) wheels go round and round. bird’s Janel’s Oscar’s students’ Mr. Nevins’s bus’s

DEFINITION A CONTRACTION is a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out.

SPEAKER’ S Contractions The speaker is happy about her presentation. We can join the two words speaker and is to create a contraction. SPEAKER’ S The speaker’s happy about her presentation.

Complete the following chart Singular Noun Singular Possessive Plural Noun Plural Possessive Noun Contraction woman echo’s countries speakers woman’s women women’s woman’s echo echo’s echoes echoes’ country country’s countries’ country’s speaker speaker’s speakers’ speaker’s

Guided Practice Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Identify the bolded word in each sentence by writing plural noun, singular, singular possessive noun, plural possessive noun, or contraction. 1. School hours begin at 7:40 am. 2. Elvis’s cage is in the 7B science room. 3. Micky Rodgers’s bus arrives at 7:25 am. 4. Skylar’s the illustrator for that book. 5. The children’s mittens are lost. 6. My two sneakers’ laces are too short. Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Plural Poss. Plural poss.

Testing Your Knowledge 1. What is a possessive noun? AN: A noun that shows ownership 2. How do you form singular possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe s (‘s) 3. How do you form plural possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe after the s.

4. How do you form the possessive form of plural nouns that DO NOT end in s? AN: By adding an apostrophe and s (‘s). 5. What is a contraction? AN: a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters using an apostrophe.