Possessive Nouns

Plural and Singular

Remember

• A noun is a person, place, or thing or idea

• List a few common nouns

• List a few proper nouns

Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun is a person, place, or thing that shows ownership

• They show ownership with an apostrophe.

’The Apostrophe

The baseball mitt of Johnny

The Gorilla of the Zoo

Those socks of the sheep

EXAMPLES

Johnny’s mitt

The zoo’s gorilla

The sheep’s socks

Singular nouns?

To make a singular noun possessive just add an apostrophe (‘) and an “S”

manstudentgoatmonster

‘s‘s

‘s‘s

Plural nouns ending in “S”

To make a plural noun that ends in “S” possessive just add an apostrophe (‘)

goatsclassroomsteachers

’’

’

Plural nouns that do not end in “S”

To make a plural noun that does not end in “S” possessive just add an apostrophe and an “S”.

oxenpeoplemen

‘s‘s

‘s

Replacing with Possessives1. In your groups, you will have 5 minutes to

complete PB 140. Groups will receive one plus for each problem they get correct.

2. Groups working cooperatively and diligently will receive 4 extra plusses.

3. If your groups finishes early, work on PB129, 134, and 137