Possessive Noun Test Review

Possessive Noun Test Review

Making Singular nouns possessive

When making singular nouns possessive, all you do is add an apostrophe s ('s). Look at the examples shown.

Multiple Choice

Which shows a singular possessive noun written correctly?

• I used my friend's boat.

• I used my friends' boat.

• I used my friends boat.

Making Plural nouns possessive

When making plural nouns possessvive, there are two rules to follow. If the noun ends in "s", then you just add an apostrophe AFTER the "s".

If the plural noun is irregular and does not end in an "s", then you just add an apostrophe s ('s) at the end.

Look at the examples shown.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence includes a correctly written PLURAL possessvive noun?

• The girls posters were bright and colorful.

• The girls' posters were bright and colorful.

• The girl's posters were bright and colorful.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence includes a correctly written PLURAL possessvive noun?

• The children's pets were going crazy.

• The childrens' pets were going crazy.

• The childrens pets were going crazy.

Possessive Nouns show ownership

This means that something belongs to someone. If you are not saying that something belongs to someone, then it is not possessive.

Examples:

The hat that belong's to Tina = Tina's hat

The car that belongs to dad = Dad's car

The house that belongs to the familiy = The family's house

The differences between singular, singular possessive, plural, and plural possessive nouns.

Singular - ONLY ONE

Singular Possessive - ONE that shows ownership

Plural - MORE than ONE

Plural Possessive - MORE than ONE that shows OWNERSHIP

Difference between only plural and posessive nouns.

Example:

*Only plural - My dog had many puppies.

(Puppies is only plural because we are talking about more that one puppy.)

*Plural Possessive - The puppies' tails were all wagging

(The tails belong to the puppies.)

Multiple Choice

How would you replace the underlines words with the possessive form?

The dog tries to eat the food of the kittens.

Ask yourself, "Whose food?"

• the dog's food

• the kittens' food

• the kitten's food

Multiple Choice

What kind of noun in underlined in the sentence?

The dog tried to eat the kittens' food.

• plural

• plural possessive

• singular possessive

Multiple Choice

Replace the underlined words with the possessive form.

Then she has to use the flash of the camera for light.

• The cameras flash

• The camera's flash

• The cameras' flash

Multiple Choice

What is the form of the underlined noun in this sentence?

Then she has to use the camera's flash for light.

• singular possessive

• plural possessive

• plural

Multiple Choice

What is the form of the underlined noun in this sentence?

Then she has to use the camera's flash for light.

• singular possessive

• plural possessive

• plural

Multiple Choice

A ___________ noun names ONE person, place, or idea.

• singular

• plural

• singular possessive

Multiple Choice

A __________ noun names MORE than ONE person, place, or idea.

• plural possessive

• plural

• singular

Multiple Choice

______________ nouns show ownership.

• common

• proper

• possessive

Multiple Choice

A ________ ___________ noun shows ownership by ONE person or thing.

• plural possessive

• singular possessive

Multiple Choice

A ________ ___________ noun shows ownership by MORE than ONE person or thing.

• singular possessive

• plural possessive

Multiple Choice

What is the noun underlined in this sentence?

The wolves howled at the moon.

• singular possessive

• plural

• plural possessive

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined noun in this sentence?

The wolves' howls were very loud.

• plural

• singular possessive

• plural possessive

Multiple Choice

What is the noun underlined in this sentence?

The girls decided to have a slumber party.

• singular possessive

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined noun in this sentence?

The girls' outfits all matched.

• plural possessive

• singular possessive

• plural

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined noun in this sentence?

The boy has a baseball game today.

• plural

• singular

• singular possessive

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined noun in this sentence?

The boy's baseball glove is at home.

• singular possessive

• plural possessive

• plural