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Title: Possessive Nouns


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Possessive Nouns
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Which noun in the following sentence shows
ownership?
  • Marias dog was lost for five days.

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Thats right!
  • The noun Marias shows ownership, because an (s)
    has been added to the original noun, Maria.

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You can change the form of a noun to show
ownership, or possession.
  • A possessive noun names who or what owns or has
    something.
  • Marisas brother
  • Mrs. Scotts degu
  • Scotts homework
  • Now you provide some examples

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Rules for forming possessives
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What is the possessive form of each noun in
parenthesis?
  • _________ toys (children)
  • The _________ apartment (Ramoses)
  • The _________ webbed feet (ducks)
  • A _________ hat (man)
  • _________ office (Dr. Lewis)
  • The _________ photocopies (library)
  • The _________ mane (horses)
  • _________ coat (Mrs. Jones)

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Summing it up
  • To form the possessive of a singular noun, add
    (s).
  • To form the possessive of a plural noun that ends
    in s, add only an apostrophe ().
  • To form the possessive of a plural noun that does
    not end in s, add (s).

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and the answers are
1. The childrens toys 2. The Ramoses
apartment 3. The ducks webbed feet 4. A mans
hat (man) 5. Dr. Lewis office 6. The librarys
photocopies 7. The horses mane 8. Mrs. Jones
coat
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