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Possessive Nouns
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Possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning, or having).
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The dog's collar is too large. The word "dog's" is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the dog.
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The dog's collar is too large. The dog owns, or possesses the collar. Add 's to the end of a singular noun to make it possessive.
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We saw the children snowman. Is children showing ownership? Yes. Just add 's to the end of it since it’s a plural noun that does not end with an s.
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We saw the children’s snowman. This is the correct way to write the plural possessive for children.
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My sisters' names are Kate and Nikki. sisters + ' Optional: If the noun is plural and ends with an s, add 's or add only the apostrophe (').
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Can you find the noun in each sentence that should be possessive? Write it correctly on your paper.
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1. The Pilgrims ship was uncomfortable.
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2. A sincere person compliment is a valuable gift.
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3. Mrs. Graves class has a great website.
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4. Your brother attitude got him in trouble.
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5. The little babies nursery had five beds.
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6. I didn’t know I was eating your cat tuna.
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7. The girls outfits were exactly the same.
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8. We were proud of Chris performance.
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