What Possessed You?

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What Possessed You?

• Grade 3

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What are nouns?

• A noun is a part of speech that describes a
  person, place, or thing.

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What is a possessive noun?

• A possessive noun is a noun that "owns" something
  else in the sentence.

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For example

• The airplane's engine was loud.
• The airplane "owns" the engine.
• Possessive nouns are often shown with apostrophes.

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Can you make this sentence possessive?

• Miguel owns that car.

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Answer

• That is Miguel's car.

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Remember

• When there is use of a possessive, the question
  "Who owns it?" can be asked and answered.

Mine!
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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• ____________ bicycle is broken.
• A. Seths'
• B. Sethes
• C. Seths
• D. Seth's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• ____________ bicycle is broken.
• A. Seths'
• B. Sethes
• C. Seths
• D. Seth's

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Do not confuse possessive words with plural words!

• Possessive words show ownership. The Blacks
  dollhouse is small.
• Plural words show more than one. Those girls are
  friendly.

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
  if you leave the lid off.
• A. flys
• B. flies
• C. flie's
• D. fly's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
  if you leave the lid off.
• A. flys
• B. flies
• C. flie's
• D. fly's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The ____________________ skin is red.
• A. tomatoes
• B. tomato's
• C. tomatos'
• D. tomatos's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The ____________________ skin is red.
• A. tomatoes
• B. tomato's
• C. tomatos'
• D. tomatos's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The desert is home to many kinds of
  _______________.
• A. animal
• B. animals
• C. animal's
• D. animals'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The desert is home to many kinds of
  _______________.
• A. animal
• B. animals
• C. animal's
• D. animals'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Kendra has two hamsters named Fuzzy and Furry.
  The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
  house.
• A. hamsters'
• B. hamsters
• C. hamster's
• D. hamsterers

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Kendra has two hamsters named Fuzzy and Furry.
  The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
  house.
• A. hamsters'
• B. hamsters
• C. hamster's
• D. hamsterers

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
• A. sister's
• B. sisters
• C. sisteres
• D. sister'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
• A. sister's
• B. sisters
• C. sisteres
• D. sister'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• I borrowed ___________
• sweater.
• A. Jane's
• B. Janes
• C. Jane
• D. Janes'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?
I am Jane and this is my sweater.

• I borrowed _________
• sweater.
• A. Jane's
• B. Janes
• C. Jane
• D. Janes'

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