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Possessive Nouns. Objective: To identify and use different forms of possessive nouns; To classify possessive nouns. Definition. A possessive noun shows ownership or relationship. Ownership= shows who or what owns or has something. We use apostrophes to show this ownership/ relationship
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PossessiveNouns Objective: To identify and use different forms of possessive nouns; To classify possessive nouns
Definition • A possessive noun shows ownership or relationship. • Ownership= shows who or what owns or has something. • We use apostrophes to show this ownership/ relationship • Example: • Ownership= the tourist’s passport~the tourist owns the passport • Relationship= the tourist’s companion~the tourist knows the person with him on the trip
* Note!! • A proper noun ending in s may take only an apostrophe to form the possessive case if the addition of ‘s would make the name awkward to produce. • This usually happens in classical or biblical names. • Example: Mount Parnassus’ elevation • Example: Pocahontas’ birthplace
Hot Tip!! • A reliable way to identify possessive nouns is to rewrite a sentence containing a possessive noun to include has or have. • If the re-written sentence does make sense, then the noun is possessive. • If the re-written sentence doesnot make sense, then the noun is not possessive. • Example: • The student’s the author. • The student has the author. • Since the second sentence does not make sense, student’s is not possessive. • Example: • Ike’s dog is happy. • Ike has a happy dog. • Since the second sentence makes sense, Ike’s is possessive.
Grammar Tip!! • Another reliable way to check for possession is to replace the noun with a possessive personal pronoun (his, her, its, or their). • If the sentence still makes sense, then the noun is usually possessive. • If the sentence does not make sense, then the noun is probably not possessive. • Example: • Rita’s book is new. • Her book is new. • Since the second sentence makes sense, the noun is possessive.
Try it together! What is the possessive form of the noun? • In (Missouri) southwestern corner stands a modest frame home. • The (farmhouse) appearance is like that of many others. • Visitors may not recognize one of our (country) monuments. • Yet, within its walls lived one of (history) finest agricultural scientists, George Washington Carver. • As a young boy, he survived most (children) worst nightmare, the loss of both parents. • (Neighbor) actions helped him to overcome his greatest difficulties. • At the monument, children can walk through the (area) many woods and fields, where Carver’s interest in plants began. • In time, his work benefited many people. • The (home) simplicity reminds visitors of this great (person) humble background.
Try it! Write the possessive form of the noun and label as singular or plural. • Stonehenge is a circle of stone monuments on England Salisbury Plain. • This monument of unknown people religion is believed to be more than 5,000 years old. • America Stonehenge copies are younger and smaller. • Sam Hill Stonehenge sits overlooking Washington Columbia River. • Hill built the monument in WWI soldiers honor. • Georgia Stonehenge copy, called the Georgia Guidestones, has 6 granite slabs. • The slabs carvings are in 12 languages and suggest that readers lives will be better if they “avoid useless officials.” • Carhenge, an arrangement of cars in Alliance, Nebraska, forms that town tribute to Stonehenge. • With some standing upright and others lying across them, the cars reproduce the stones arrangement in the real Stonehenge. • In Alliance, residents pride in Carhenge is suggested by their gift shop sign: “We sell Carhenge souvenirs.”
