POSSESSIVE NOUNS

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

•A noun is possessive if a phrase is used to say that an item or idea belongs to someone or something.

•Possessive nouns are used to show ownership.

•Example: This is Michael’s dog.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

•The possessive noun always comes before what it owns or had.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

•Which punctuation mark shows a possessive noun?

•IT IS APOSTROPHE. (‘)

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

•The possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe plus an s.

•Example: My teacher’s name is Mrs. Burlamachi.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

• Add an apostrophe after the plural noun when something belongs to the whole group.

• Example: All of my brothers’ sneakers are really stinky.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

• If a singular noun ends with an S, you have two choices.

• You can either add the apostrophe and s after the noun

• OR you can just add the apostrophe after the noun.

• Example:

• Travis’s dog

• Travis’ dog

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

• Change the sentence to include a possessive noun.

• The dog belonging to Sam was digging a hole.

• The house of Alexis is on Providence Road.

• The pencil laying on the floor belongs to Tyler.