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 Michaels dog ID: 370085
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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.Slide3
Possessive nouns
The possessive noun always comes before what it owns or had.Slide4
Possessive nouns
Which punctuation mark shows a possessive noun?
IT IS APOSTROPHE. (‘)Slide5
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
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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.Slide7
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’ dogSlide8
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.