Plurals and Possessives

A possessive is...

• A word that means more than one

• A noun that owns something

• An adjective

• A person place or thing

What is a plural?

• The name of the noodler shack

• A type of potato

• A word that means possession

• A word that means more than one

Which sentence is incorrect?

• All of the apples that Olivia and Shel picked were rotten and mushy.

• Jordyn and Cameron boiled noodles for dinner.

• Riley’s cactuss prickles were no longer pointy after she threw it.

• Sophia and Caitlin dressed up their turkeys as flowers for Halloween.

What’s the difference between plurals and possessives?

• A plural shows you own something, while a possessive says there is more than one.

• Possessive is just another word for division, while a plural shows that you are a noun.

• A possessive shows ownership and a plural shows more than one.

• Both mean the same thing, so they are synonyms.

Which sentence(s) show possession?

• Jordyn, Caitlin and Cameron all dislike hockey, while Sophia thinks otherwise.

• The peasants gathered around in the streets and cheered on the gladiators.

• Since Caitlin did not feel like doing her homework, she flushed it down the toilet.

• I didn’t have any idea what the answer was, so I marked one down and hoped for the best.

How would you correct this sentence: “Camerons project looked worse than Jordyn’s.”

• Take away the apostrophe in “Jordyn’s”

• Add an apostrophe in “Camerons”

• Don’t do anything, the sentence is correct

• Flip the apostrophe to the beginning of “Jordyn’s”

Which word shows possession?

• Noodles

• Apples

• Trees’

• You're

Wich word DOES NOT show possession?

• Their

• Softball players'

• I'm

• Puppy's

"The 4 girls' phones had all been left in the rain." Why is the apostrophe in "girls'" after the "s"?

• Because that's how you chose to write it

• Because the phone belongs to the girl

• Because there is more than one girl and they all own a phone

• Because that's more than one phone owns a girl

"All of the puppy played together." What's wrong and how do you fix this sentence?

• Drop the "y" in puppy and add "ies" to make puppy plural

• Add an 's to puppy, since the puppy owns the toy

• Just take out the whole sentence so there is no problem

• Add nothing because the sentence is corrrect