Transcript Possessive Nouns

Possessive Nouns
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Possessive Nouns
• Show ownership or relationship
• Use apostrophes
• Example:
– Jon’s bike
– Jon’s mom
Singular possessive
• One noun (person, place, or thing)
• Having ownership or relationship
The apostrophe in plural possessives
• Plurals ending in “s”
– Just add an apostrophe
– Example: spiders becomes spiders’
• All the spiders’ webs were beautiful.
• Plurals not ending in “s”
– Add an apostrophe and the letter “s”
– Example: children becomes children’s
• Please get all the children’s caps before we go
outside.
Singular Possessive or Plural
Possessive?
1. boy’s
2. mice’s
3. poster’s
4. wall’s
5. flowers’
6. moose’s
Is the possessive used correctly in the
sentence?
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The leaves’ are falling off the tree.
The leaves’ stems are falling off the tree.
The sky’s clouds are very big and dark!
All of the apples were eaten by the horse’s.
I wonder if the school’s flag was raised today?
One of the monkeys’ cages is open!
Today all the children’s hats look funny!
I hope all the picture’s look nice.