Possessive nouns

John's soccer ball is in the tree.

Replace the noun with a possessive pronoun.

• He

• His

• Him

• It

What is the correct possessive noun for this sentence? All the ______ leaders were there.

• cities'

• cities's

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR THE WORD IN THE PARENTHESIS

4. Dad let me read parts of his (father) journal.

• A. father's

• B. fathers'

What is an example of a plural possessive pronoun that can be used alone?

• his

• her

• their

• theirs

Which sentence is correct?

(More than one fairy is being talked about)

• The fairies queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairy's queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairies' queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairie's queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

Answer explanation

Fairy is singular.

Fairies is plural.

To show that more than one fairy has a queen, we need to change fairy > fairies and add (') after the s.

mine

• Subject Pronoun

• Object Pronoun

• Possessive Pronoun

the books that belong to the girls

• the girl's books

• the girls' books

• the girls book's

• the girl's book's

What is a possessive noun?

• Something you do.

• To show ownership of a person, place, or thing

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

Have you seen ________ __________ house?

• Marks parents

• Mark’s parents

• Mark’s parents’

• Mark’s parent’s

Which word is plural possessive?
The boys' team will be in the last game.

• team
• boys'
• last
• game