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Apostrophe Use With Possessives

Apostrophe Use With Possessives. What ARE Possessives?. Possessives show ownership. They show something belongs to someone or something. In other words, they “possess” something. For example, if we want to show that a book belongs to the boy, it would be stated: the boy’s book.

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Apostrophe Use With Possessives

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  1. Apostrophe Use With Possessives

  2. What ARE Possessives? • Possessives show ownership. • They show something belongs to someone or something. • In other words, they “possess” something. • For example, if we want to show that a book belongs to the boy, it would be stated: the boy’s book

  3. How might you say these ideas using possessive form? • the coat belongs to the girl. • the girl’s coat. • the bone belongs to the dog. • the dog’s bone. • the pencil belongs to the teacher. • the teacher’s pencil. • the jump ropes belong to the students. • the students’ jump ropes.

  4. Three Rules There are three rules to guide how to make possessives.

  5. Rule 1: To form the possessive of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and s (‘s) • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. • “Singular” means that there is only one as opposed to having more than one or “plural”. • For example, if the singular noun “cat” has a brush, the possessive form is: the cat’s brush

  6. Practice Singular Possessive • The lady owns the coat. • The lady’s coat. • The man has a belt. • The man’s belt. • Frank owns the boat • Frank’s boat.

  7. Rule 2:For a plural noun ending in s, add only an apostrophe (‘) • A plural noun means there is more than one. For example, “boy” is singular and “boys” is plural. • Since one s was already added to make the noun plural, a second s is not added. • Example: The three girls’ notebook. Not: the three girl’s notebook.

  8. Practice Plural Possessive • Three ladies own the business. • The three ladies’ business. • The pen belongs to the dogs • The dogs’ pen. • The students own the computer. • The students’ computer.

  9. Practice Singular & Plural Possessives • The ring belongs to the girl. • The girl’s ring. (singular) • The bike belongs to the three boys. • The three boys’ bike. (plural) • The cooks own the kitchen. • The cooks’ kitchen. (plural) • The tools belong to dad. • Dad’s tools. (singular)

  10. Some nouns are made into plural without adding s. Man Men Mouse Mice Child Children Ox Oxen Deer Deer

  11. Rule 3:For a plural noun that does not end in s, add an apostrophe and s (‘s) • The cars belong to the men. • The men’s cars. • The cheese belongs to the mice. • The mice’s cheese. • The children own the toys. • The children’s toys.

  12. Practice Plural Possessive • The bone belongs to the dog. • The dog’s bone. • The dishes belong to the women. • The women’s dishes. • The people own the seats. • The people’s seats. • The basketball belongs to the players. • The player’s basketball.

  13. Review • Singular possessive nouns add ‘s The man’s glove Joe’s hat • Plural nouns ending in s, add only the apostrophe ‘. The four cats’ toy • Plural nouns that do not end in s, add ‘s. The men’s tools.

  14. The End Go forth, O nascent grammarians and punctuate!

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