PPT-Possessive Noun Review

The leg of the table The tables leg The tables leg The tabless leg The tails of the cats The cats tail The cats tails The cat tails The laughs of the child The childrens laughs. . Lesson . Four. Possessive Nouns. Definition. The . POSSESSIVE. form of a noun shows ownership or relationship.. man. laptop. man’s laptop . How to form a . Possessive noun. There are . three rules for forming possessive nouns:. When . and. Where . to. Use . an. Apostrophe. Possessive Nouns. . or. Plural Nouns. Do not confuse possessive nouns with plural nouns:. Most plural nouns end in –. s. or –. es. .. boy boys. ENG3C. Indicates . simply that there are more than one of the person or thing in question. . For most, . the plural form includes the letter "s" at the end of the word:. Dogs. Trees. Turtles. Plural Forms. Possessive Adjectives. T. he . adjective which is used to point out the noun that belongs to . someone. . My. Your. . His. . Her . Its . Our. Their . This is my book. . Your car is outside. . His sister is younger than him. . Read the following sentence silently to yourself.. The father of the boy asked for the help of the volunteers.. Possessive Nouns. Show ownership or possession. Singular Possessive Nouns. Just add an apostrophe and s (‘s). 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.. OS 220 – Business Editing Skills. ’s. What is a possessive Noun. ?.  . Possessive . nouns. are nouns that show ownership or possession.  Normally these words would be a singular or plural noun, but in the possessive form they are used as adjectives to modify another noun or pronoun. Created by. . Teachers Unleashed. Plurals and Possessives….. Oh no!. Those are hard!. There’s no need to fear…. We will review and learn it together!. Let’s look at the rules about nouns, so we don’t end up like this poor guy!. noun. is a person , place, thing, or idea.. Student. Person. Place. Home. Thing. School bus. Idea. Love. Boy or girl. Class room. Chalk. Board. Singular or Plural. A . singular noun . names one person, place, thing, or idea.. MRS. M. FRIAS-MEDINA. Family Members. Vocabulary (. click here. ). Here are the possessive adjectives in English: my, your, his, her, our, and their.. Possessive Adjectives. Possessive Adjectives. singular. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else.. Example:. . The musket that belongs to Pa. was lost.. . Pa’s musket. was lost.. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES LOOK AT THEM AS HAVING 2 ROLES: THE POSSESSIVE ROLE AND THE ADJECTIVE ROLE THE POSSESSIVE ROLE TELLS US WHO THE ITEM (OR RELATIVE) BELONGS TO. IS IT : MINE OUR YOUR (INFORMAL SINGULAR) Apostrophes for Possession Facing your Fears Do you know the difference between plural - s and possessive - ‘ s? spider s spider ’s web Plural - s A noun names a person, place, idea, thing or feeling. AFTER. the noun instead of before.. Normally you used . mi(s), . tu. (s), . su. (s), y . nuestro. (as). in front of a noun.. Example: . mis. amigos, . tu. . libro. , . su. casa, . nuestro. . amario.