Possession (Nouns and Pronouns)

Possession (Nouns and Pronouns) and Order of Adjectives

Possessive Nouns

Review and Quiz

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that makes the word in parenthesis possessive.

The ___ barn is painted red. (cows)

• cows

• cow's

• cows'

• cows's

Multiple Choice

Choose the words that make this phrase possessive:

the books that belong to the girls

• girl's books

• girls' books

• girls book's

• girl's book's

Multiple Choice

Change what is red to show possession.

The diaries of the tourists recorded their adventures.

• tourists' diaries

• dairies' tourists

• toursit's diaries

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns NEVER use apostrophes

Possessive Pronouns

• Shows ownership.

• The possessive pronouns my, your, her, our, its, and their come before nouns.

• The pronouns mine, yours, hers, ours, and theirs stand alone.

• His can be used both ways.

Multiple Choice

Decide if the red possessive pronoun is correct:

The crowd raised their voices to cheer on they're team!

• their

• correct

Multiple Choice

Decide if the red word is correct:

The trophy is mine; it's all mine!

• its

• correct

Multiple Choice

Decide if the red possessive pronoun is correct:

The runners came out through their own entrance.

• correct

• they're

Multiple Choice

Choose the possessive pronoun in the sentence:

Ours was the best all around team.

• Ours

• was

• best

• team

Multiple Choice

Choose the possessive pronoun in the sentence:

Their practice paid off in the end.

• Their

• practice

• paid

• end

Multiple Choice

Choose the possessive pronoun in the sentence:

The first race is always the hardest for our team.

• race

• always

• our

• team

Multiple Choice

Choose the possessive pronoun in the sentence:

She knew that her turn to run would come soon.

• She

• knew

• her

• soon

Order of Adjectives

What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun such as person, place, thing or idea.

The position of adjectives in a sentence.

In English language, it is very important to put the adjective in the correct place.

We place adjectives before the noun that they describe.

• A hot day

• A French city

• A red ball

• An international student

• Good students

In sentences with the verb to be , we place the adjective after the verb.

• Alyssa is beautiful.

• SIngapore City is clean.

• Students are hard-working.

• People are nice.

• The table is black

Multiple Select

What is the adjective in this sentence?

Sarah has a beautiful cat.

• Sarah

• has

• beautiful

• cat

Multiple Select

Identify the adjective in the sentence... We live in a big city.

• We

• live

• big

• city

Multiple Select

Identify the adjective.

Jim is a funny guy.

• Jim

• is

• guy

• funny

We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:

• a handsome young man

• a big black car

• that lovely small dog

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Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• Large yellow the bus

• The large yellow bus

• The yellow large bus

• Yellow the large bus

Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• My six-year-old annoying brother

• Annoying six-year-old my brother

• Six-year old my annoying brother

• My annoying six-year-old brother

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Hatim got a metal red shiny bike.

• The cute round gray cat belongs to Paris.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Angel's grandma has a red German car.

• Ayden's dog is old, good, and huge.