Possessive Plural Introduction

Review for Final

​Plural or Possessive

If the word only has or needs s this means PLURAL

Possessive means ownership. The word with the apostrophe owns the next word(s) that follow it

Look at the word with the apostrophe

​singular possessive or plural possessive

the word with the apostrophe- is there only one?

SINGULAR POSSESSIVE ('s) boy's

OR the word with the apostrophe-

is there more than one? PLURAL POSSESSIVE (s') boys'

Multiple Choice

She lost all of her bracelets at the water park.

What is the underlined word?

• just plural/no possession

• singular (1) and possessive

• plural (2+) and possessive

Multiple Choice

I'm going over to Stacey's house on Saturday.

Which is true of the underlined word:

• just plural/no possession

• singular (1) and possessive

• plural (2+) and possessive

Multiple Choice

Her tests are challenging, but if you study, you'll do fine!

Which is true of the underlined word:

• just plural/no possession

• singular (1) and possessive

• plural (2+) and possessive

Multiple Choice

Which correction should be made to the underlined word:

The boys locker room was a mess after the game.

• boy's

• boys'

• it's correct how it is

Possessive needs the "s"

​if there is only 1= 's if there is 2 or more=s'

house's / houses' kid's / kids' gopher's / gophers' cat's / cats'

irregular- there are some words that are plural but you do not add s or es to make them plural

​Irregular Plural

Irregular (not regular) words don't follow the normal rule of adding an "s" or "es" to make them plural: they change completely.

regular= boy/boys fox/foxes church/churches

irregular= mouse/mice goose/geese child/children man/men

notice how irregular does NOT use s/es when it is plural

for these irregular words, you have to add- 's (if the word is plural, but does NOT end in s or es)

mice's/ geese's/ children's/ men's

Multiple Select

Irregular (not regular) words don't follow the normal rule of adding an "s" or "es" to make them plural: they change completely.

Which ones are irregular plural nouns?

*4 answers

• children

• mice

• geese

• boxes

• women

Multiple Choice

For irregular plural nouns, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PLURAL, they don't follow the rule of adding an apostrophe after the "s." (boys' bathroom, teachers' meeting...)

Which ones are correct? (they don't follow the plural rule)

• The children's books arrived.

• The childrens' books arrived.

Multiple Choice

For irregular plural nouns, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PLURAL, they don't follow the rule of adding an apostrophe after the "s." (boys' bathroom, teachers' meeting...)

Which ones are correct? (they don't follow the plural rule)

• The moose's antlers are shedding.

• The mooses' antlers are shedding.

Multiple Choice

For irregular plural nouns, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PLURAL, they don't follow the rule of adding an apostrophe after the "s." (boys' bathroom, teachers' meeting...)

Which ones are correct? (they don't follow the plural rule)

• The women's restroom is being cleaned.

• The womens' restroom is being cleaned.

words that end in s, but are singular

boss boss's / bosses'

bus buss's / buses'

dress dress's / dresses'

Charles Charles's / Charles'

Note: names are different

Charleses means plural

BUT you do NOT use Charleses'

here's why (sound it out)

​singular that end in s

remember we said that regular plural words end in s or es ?

What about singular words that end in s

​special rule

Multiple Choice

The note of Charles, which was written in 1415 in a prison cell, is considered to be the oldest Valentine. 

• Charles's note

• Charle's note

• Charles 

• Charle 

Multiple Choice

in the image we se the Charles family

Charles is their last name

Which is correct-

• The Charles's car was packed to go camping

• The Charles' car was packed to go camping

• The Charleses's car was packed to go camping

• The Charleses' car was packed to go camping

it is plural-

so it is plural possessive

(s' ) unless it is irregular

if it is plural but does NOT end is s or es, then use ( 's)

​if there is more than one/it ends in (s) or (es)

it is singular-

so it is singular possesive

('s)

​if there is only one

Ask yourself: is there more than one?

Multiple Choice

the sirens of the police cars

• the police car's sirens

• the police cars' sirens

• the police cars's sirens

Multiple Choice

the tails of the cats

• the cat's tails

• the cats' tails

• the cat tails

Multiple Choice

the wings of the bird

• the bird's wings

• the birds' wings

• the birds's wings

Multiple Choice

What is the possessive form of the word bees?

Tip:in the example above, ask yourself

is there one bee or many bees?

• bees'

• bee's

• bees

• bee

Let's look at some hard ones

​When it asks, write the possessive noun correctly and what it owns

write the word(s) that need the apostrophe (')

is it singular /there is only one ('s) + what does it own?

or is it plural /there is more than one (s') + what do they own?

if more than one, do they each own it or is it shared?