Possessive Nouns

Words that show ownership are called possessive nouns. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else. Example: The paintbrush that belonged to the artist was lost. The artist’s paintbrush was lost.

Possessive nouns are used to show that someone owns something. An apostrophe (') is used to show the ownership. NounPossessive PamPam’s cat catthe cat’s tail SamSam’s knee

Rule To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's. Examples: Fluffy Fluffy’s tail Sally Sally’s recipe the man the man’s hat the teacher the teacher’s pencil

The possessive form can also show an feature or characteristic. Examples: river river’s edge train train’s wheels sun sun’s heat

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Possessive Nouns Rules 1-2 Rules 1. To show possession of singular nouns add 's. 2. To show possession of plural nouns ending in s add an apostrophe ('). Examples: runners => runners' shoes cows => cows' meal trees => trees' apples

Possessive Nouns Rule 3  To show possession of plural nouns NOT ending in s add an apostrophe and a s (‘s). children => children’s food teeth => teeth’s fillings

Plural Possessives If the plural ends in s just add an apostrophe. If the plural does not end in s add an apostrophe and an s. 1 person 1 item2 people 2 items the boy’s jacketthe boys’ jackets my parent’s carmy parents’ cars my boss’s hatmy bosses’ hats the woman’s dressthe women’s dresses the child’s toythe children’s toys the passerby’s glancethe passersby’s glances

the kid’s bike (I kid, 1 bike) the kids’ bike (2 kids, 1 bike) the kids’ bikes (2 kids, 2 bikes)

Activities Possessive Noun Play (Two Player Tic Tac Toe) Possessive Nouns (Type in the possessive word) e.swf e.swf Quiz ssives/turtlemc3quiz.swf ssives/turtlemc3quiz.swf Exploring for Possessives ex.html

Activities Possessives (Slideshow with activities) 09/possessives.swf?TRK=0 09/possessives.swf?TRK=0 Skill Builder (Type in the possessive word) online.com/objects/WCN6602/WCN6602.swfhttp:// online.com/objects/WCN6602/WCN6602.swf Grammar Gold Quiz old/content_builder/dswmedia/g3c10/nadia.htm

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