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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Change each word group into another word group
with a possessive noun

• The bikes that Ted and Nick each has
• The color of the rabbits
• The cat that Javis and Yolanda own together
• The German Shepherd that the Johnsons have
• The apartment building of Mr. Dix

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Answers

• Teds and Nicks bikes

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• 2). Rabbits color

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• 3). Javis and Yolandas cat

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Answers

• 4). The Johnsons German shepherd

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• 5). Mr. Dixs apartment building

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Examples from the book

• 10). The spaghetti dinner that my cousins made
• My cousins spaghetti dinner
• 11). The application that Alison made
• Alisons application

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Assignment

• Pgs. 95-96 (1-20)
• Worksheet