Possessive Nouns and Their Forms

The video tutorial explains possessive nouns, which indicate ownership and relationships between owners and possessions. It covers the general rule of adding an apostrophe and 's' to form possessive nouns, with examples like 'Louisa's doll'. It also discusses rules for plural nouns, where only an apostrophe is added if they end in 's', and provides examples such as 'students' projects'. The tutorial further explains joint and separate ownership, illustrating how to form possessive nouns in these contexts with examples like 'Dave and John's personal computer' for joint ownership and 'Kathy's and Henry's restaurants' for separate ownership. The video concludes with a reminder about the importance of apostrophes in possessive nouns.

What does a possessive noun primarily indicate?

• Ownership or relationship

• A type of verb

• A type of adjective

• A type of conjunction

How do you generally form the possessive of a noun?

• Add 'ed' to the noun

• Add 'ing' to the noun

• Add an apostrophe and 's'

• Add 'es' to the noun

What is the possessive form of 'the doll of Louisa'?

• Louisa doll

• Louisa's doll

• Louisas doll

• Louisa-doll

How do you form the possessive of a noun ending in 's'?

• Add only an apostrophe

• Add 'es' to the noun

• Add an apostrophe and 's'

• Add 'ing' to the noun

What is the possessive form of 'the puppies of Lourdes'?

• Lourdeses puppies

• Lourdes's puppies

• Lourdes' puppies

• Lourdes puppies

How do you form the possessive of plural nouns ending in 's'?

• Add an apostrophe and 's'

• Add only an apostrophe

• Add 'es' to the noun

• Add 'ing' to the noun

What is the possessive form of 'the projects of the students'?

• Students projects

• Students' projects

• Student's projects

• Studentses projects

In joint ownership, where do you add the apostrophe and 's'?

• To neither noun

• To the last noun

• To the first noun

• To both nouns

What is the possessive form of 'the personal computer of Dave and John'?

• Dave's and John personal computer

• Dave and John's personal computer

• Dave's and John's personal computer

• Dave and John personal computer

How do you form the possessive for separate ownership?

• Add an apostrophe and 's' to both nouns

• Add an apostrophe and 's' to the first noun

• Add only an apostrophe to both nouns

• Add 'es' to both nouns