Possessives quick check

To see if you need to make a noun possessive, turn it into a _________ phrase.

• ...of the...

• ...what the...

• ...is he...

• ...are you...

"The boy's hat" means

• the hat of the boy

• the hat the boy likes

• that stupid hat the boy is always on about

• two boys are sharing one hat

If you wanted to say "the coffee cup of the teacher" you could say:

• The teacher's coffee cup

• The teachers' coffee cup

• The teachers's coffee cup

• The teacher' coffee cup

To attribute possession to a building, an object, or a piece of furniture:

• no apostrophe is needed

• use an apostrophe

• maybe an extra apostrophe. you never know.

• just keep loading up those apostrophes

The door of the car

• the car door

• the car's door

• the cat door

• doot dooty doot doo doo door

The phone of Marcus

• Marcus's phone

• Marcuses phone

• Marcus' phone

• Marcuses' phone

The He-Man lunchbox of Chris

• Chris's shiny He-Man lunchbox

• Chris' shiny He-Man lunchbox

• Chrises shiny He-Man lunchbox

• Crisis in shiny He-Man lunchbox

To make a plural noun possessive when the plural noun ends in S

• add 's

• add s

• add es

• just use multiple emoji, maybe those monkey ones

to make a plural noun possessive when the plural noun ends in S

• just add an apostrophe, no extra s

• add an apostrophe and an s

• add an s with no apostrophe

• 2 hour early release oh me oh my

The heartbreaking cries of the children

• The children's heartbreaking cries

• The childrens' heartbreaking cries

• The childrens's heartbreaking cries

• LOL look at that kid this should be a Vine