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Possessive Nouns

Possessive Nouns. Time to Review. Possessive Nouns. Show ownership or relationship Use apostrophes Example: Jon’s bike Jon’s mom. Singular possessive. One noun (person, place, or thing) Having ownership or relationship. The apostrophe in plural possessives. Plurals ending in “s”

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Possessive Nouns

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  1. Possessive Nouns Time to Review

  2. Possessive Nouns • Show ownership or relationship • Use apostrophes • Example: • Jon’s bike • Jon’s mom

  3. Singular possessive • One noun (person, place, or thing) • Having ownership or relationship

  4. The apostrophe in plural possessives • Plurals ending in “s” • Just add an apostrophe • Example: spiders becomes spiders’ • All the spiders’ webs were beautiful. • Plurals not ending in “s” • Add an apostrophe and the letter “s” • Example: children becomes children’s • Please get all the children’s caps before we go outside.

  5. Singular Possessive or Plural Possessive? • boy’s • mice’s • poster’s • wall’s • flowers’ • moose’s

  6. Is the possessive used correctly in the sentence? • The leaves’ are falling off the tree. • The leaves’ stems are falling off the tree. • The sky’s clouds are very big and dark! • All of the apples were eaten by the horse’s. • I wonder if the school’s flag was raised today? • One of the monkeys’ cages is open! • Today all the children’s hats look funny! • I hope all the picture’s look nice.

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