Possessive Nouns

Mr. Conlon

• Mr. Conlons

• Mr. Conlon's

• Mr. Conlons'

• Mr. Conlons's

boys

• boys's

• boys'

• boys

• boy's

men

• men's

• mens'

• mens

• mens's

A possessive noun shows _________________.

• a replacement for another noun

• ownership

• verbs

• description of a noun

All the ________ uniforms got dirty at that game.

• boy's

• boys'

The teacher looked at all the __________ work and chose the best artist.

• student's

• students'

the chocolate chips of the cookies

• the cookie's chocolate chips

• the cookies chocolate chips

• the cookies' chocolate chips

A possessive noun must have __________.

• a comma

• quotation marks

• an apostrophe

• a period

Which word is a possessive noun?

• Sam

• found

• Tim's

• lunchbox

After Sally arrived at school, she realized that she left her homework in her mom's car.

Which word is a possessive noun?

• Sally

• she

• school

• mom's