Plural and Possessive Nouns

Plural Possessive Nouns

What are Possessive Nouns?

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

• We use apostrophes to show possession

What if I Have a Word that Ends with S?

• Add an apostrophe after the s (s')

• The students' desks

  • The desks belong to the students

• The flowers' petals

  • The petals belong to the flowers

• The pigs' tails

Plural Possessive Nouns

• HOWEVER, not all plural nouns end with an s

  • Children

  • People

  • Teeth

• How do we make these possessive?

• An apostrophe and an s ('s)

  • Children's

  • People's

  • Teeth's

Multiple Choice

Change to a PLURAL possessive noun:
warriors

• warriors's

• warriors'

• warrior's

Multiple Choice

Change to a PLURAL possessive noun:

tigers

• tigers's

• tigers'

• tiger's

Multiple Choice

• the students work

• the student's work

• the students' work

Multiple Choice

• the kids toys

• the kid's toys

• the kids' toys

Multiple Choice

• the trees branches

• the tree's branches

• the trees' branches

Multiple Choice

Rewrite this statement as a possessive noun.

the books that belong to the girls

• girl's books

• girls' books

• girls book's

• girl's book's

Multiple Choice

Rewrite this statement as a possessive noun

the tails that belong to the cats

• the cat's tails

• the cats' tails

• the cat tails

Multiple Choice

Rewrite this statement as a possessive noun.

the hive that belongs to the bees

• bee's hive

• bees' hive

• bees's hive

• bee hive's