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Possessive Nouns

Possessive Nouns. 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. Possessive nouns.

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Possessive Nouns

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  1. Possessive Nouns

  2. 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.

  3. Possessive nouns • The possessive noun always comes before what it owns or had.

  4. Possessive nouns • Which punctuation mark shows a possessive noun? • IT IS APOSTROPHE. (‘)

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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’ dog

  8. 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.

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