Possessive Nouns

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Possessive Nouns
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Possessive Nouns

• Names who or what owns or has something.
• You use a expressive noun to show an ownership or
  a relationship to something.
• A possessive noun always has an apostrophe ().

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Rules for Possessive Nouns

• 1). For a singular noun, add an apostrophe and
  s (s).
• Morriss Coat
• Mark Twains stories
• The puppys ears

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Rules for Possessive Nouns

• 2). For a plural noun that ends with s, add an
  apostrophe () only.
• Doctors office
• Soldiers uniform
• The Evanses trip

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Rules for Possessive Nouns

• 3). For a plural noun that does not end with s,
  add an apostrophe and s.
• Mices hole
• Womens dresses
• Childrens toys

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Rules for Possessive Nouns

• 4). For a compound noun, add an apostrophe () or
  an apostrophe and s to the end of the compound.
  
• Salespersons samples
• Police officers uniforms
• Father-in-laws car

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• 1. Elena attached a basketball hoop to her
  parents garage.

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• Parents -plural

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• The neighborhood teams name is the Flyers.

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• Teams - singular

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• The Riveras driveway is a good place to practice.

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• Riveras- Plural

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• The younger childrens activities dont interfere
  there.

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Tell which Nouns are possessive. Are they
singular or plural?

• Childrens -plural

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• House of the Youngs

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• The Youngs house

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• The cat has a tail

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• The cats tail

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• Gills of the bass

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• Basss gills
• Bass gills

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• Rights of citizens

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Change each group of words to include a
possessive form

• Citizens rights

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Assignment

• Pgs. 82-83 (1-24) and worksheet