Singular Possessive Nouns

Singular Possessive Nouns

What are Possessive Nouns?

• Show that a noun owns or possesses another thing (noun)

• We use apostrophes to show possession

Singular Possessive Nouns

• Add an apostrophe + s ('s) to singular nouns to show ownership

• Sarah's puppy

  • The puppy belongs to Sarah

• The park's bench

  • The bench belongs to the park

• The pencil's eraser

  • The eraser belongs to the pencil

Multiple Choice

Change what is red to show possession:
A group of travelers filled the buses belonging to the school.  

• school's buses

• buses' school

Multiple Choice

Change what is red to show possession.

The camera belonging to the tourist recorded her adventures.  

• tourist's camera

• camera's tourist

Multiple Choice

Change to a possessive noun:

backpack

• backpack's

• backpacks

• backpacks'

Multiple Choice

• the planes wing

• the plane's wing

Multiple Choice

• Maddys hair

• Maddy's hair

Multiple Choice

• the boys trumpet

• the boy's trumpet

• the boys' trumpet

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the statement as a possessive noun

the leg belonging to the table

• the table's leg

• the tables' leg

• the tables's leg

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the statement as a possessive noun

the clouds belonging to the sky

• the sky's clouds

• the skies clouds

• the skys' clouds