Possessive Nouns

Which sentence has an underlined word that needs an apostrophe?

• The play lasted two hours.

• Our class collects items for art.

• The cats fur stands up when it is scared.

• Only two kids are swimming in the pool.

Write the possessive form of the noun in parenthesis.

A (rabbit) ______ tail is like cotton.

Which punctuation "shows" possession?

• commas

• periods

• apostrophes

• quotation marks

Art class was in Mr. Brown’s room this morning.

• Browns

• Browns'

• Brown

• leave as is

Which sentence shows a possessive noun used properly?

• The dog's toy is missing.

• Billys dog likes to run.

• The bus's are running late.

• The hat's are all different colors.

The drawing Cheryl found was from someones art class.

What is the correct way to write the underlined word?

• someone's

• someones'

• someones's

• leave as is

The womans car was freshly painted.

Which is the correct way to write the underlined word?

• womans'

• woman's

• womans's

• leave as is

Which sentence uses a possessive noun correctly?

• The cat's are playing in the yard.

• The dogs wagging their tails.

• The boy's hat is blue.

• The bird sing in the tree.

Gerald sundae melted quickly in the afternoon heat.

Which version is the best way to write the underlined part of this sentence?

• Geralds's

• Gerald's

• Geralds'

• Geraldss'

This ______ tail is fluffy.

Which word best completes this sentence?

• dogs

• dogs's

• dogs'

• dog's