1. Plural and Possessive Nouns
Lesson 2.5
Plural and Possessive Nouns

2. Plural and Possessive Nouns
What do you know? A noun is a person, place, thing, idea.
Possessive: Shows that the noun owns or has something.
Do not confuse plurals with possessives.
When reading, a possessive will have an apostrophe before or after the s.

3. General Plural & Possessive Rules
Noun Ending Example
Plural add –s two boys
or –es the Harrises
Singular add –’s a boy’s shoe
Possessive Fergus’s football
Plural add ’ two boys’ shoes
Possessive the Harrises’ house
Plural
Possessive add ’s the mice’s teeth
the women’s team

4. Plural and Possessive Nouns What are they?
Kim Lewis’s key
The Lewises’ key
The Joneses
Joey’s late today.
The boss’s office
The bosses’ offices
The men’s competition
The houses’ lawns
The house’s lawn

5. Write the sentence correctly in your copybook.
One ____ son is on the team. (parent)
The ____ _____ drowned out the sound of the whistle. (fan/cheer)
Both ____ shook hands at the end. (team)
The ____ were proud of their _____ _____. (coach/team/effort)
The ____ and _____ were exhausted at the end of the game. (fan/referee)