Grammar Unit 2 Week 4 Monday A possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what owns or has something. A singular possessive noun is a singular noun that shows ownership. Rory s lunch. (Rory is one person; the lunch belongs to her) Form a singular possessive noun by adding an apostrophe ( ) and an s to a singular noun. The tree s leaves are changing colors. The dog s collar is too tight. Alex s grandmother is coming to visit next week. A person s name or a collective noun that ends in s also has an apostrophe ( ) and an s in the possessive. Carlos s watch is really cool. The class s assignments are on the board.
Practice Fill in each blank in the sentence with a singular possessive noun. Then answer the question. 1. The two dogs belong to the girl. Whose dogs are they? They are the dogs. 2. What is the singular possessive noun? 3. The car belongs to Mr. Smith. Whose car is it? It is car. 4. What is the singular possessive noun? 5. The book belongs to Amber. Whose book is it? It is book. 6. What is the singular possessive noun? 7. The house belongs to my family. Whose house is it? It is my house. 8. What is the singular possessive noun?
Tuesday A plural possessive noun is a plural noun that shows ownership. To form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in s, add an apostrophe. The teachers books are in the auditorium. (The apostrophe shows that teachers is plural) To form the possessive of a plural noun that does not end in s, add an apostrophe and s. The children s toys are all very old. The men s suits are very expensive. Women s clothing is hard to shop for online.
Practice Fill in the blank in each sentence with a plural possessive noun. Then answer the question. 1. The computers belong to the writers. Whose computers are they? They are the computers. 2. What is the plural possessive noun? 3. The cheese is for the mice. Whose cheese is it? It is the cheese. 4. What is the plural possessive noun? 5. The bedroom belongs to my two brothers. Whose bedroom is it? It is my two bedroom. 6. What is the plural possessive noun?
Wednesday When a singular noun ends in s, show the possessive form by adding an apostrophe s. The witness s testimony sealed the case. To form the possessive of a plural noun that does not end in s, add apostrophe s. The people s ideas were kept in a book. Do not confuse plurals with possessives. Doctors is plural, doctor s is singular possessive, and doctors is plural possessive. Cats is plural; cat s and cats are possessive.
Practice Fill in each blank with the singular possessive noun in parentheses. 1. The barber cut hair. (Jason) 2. The cat chased my pet bird. (sister) 3. Our engine had a problem. (car) 4. I loved the special effects. (movie) 5. I don t like my pet lizard. (friend)
Thursday Identify and correct the errors in the possessive nouns below. The citys yearly festival is supposed to bring good luck. The festivals events include eating good food and celebrating our local heroes s good deeds. Parents hold their childrens hands tightly. Firework s explode above the peoples heads.
Practice Change the sentence using a plural possessive noun. 1. We swam in the swimming pool for children. We swam in the swimming pool. 2. Where does the ski team for men practice? Where does the ski team practice? Change each underlined noun into a possessive noun. 1. Jason two poodles followed him to school today. 2. The poodles pink ribbons made everyone laugh at them. 3. The students laughter made the poodles bark. 4. The school principal came out to see what was happening.
Friday Identify the possessive noun(s) in each sentence. Explain what each one means. 1. Dr. Jacobson s car is dirty. 2. Did you see that rattlesnake s tail? 3. The computers passwords need to be changed. 4. We took my cousins to the town s swimming pool. 5. The storm damaged farmers crops. 6. This rose s color is amazing. 7. He helped clean his twin sisters room. 8. Fifi s and Gigi s barking was a problem. 9. What did you think of the movie s special effects? 10. That arcade s music is always too loud.