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Mastering Possessive Apostrophes: Your Guide to Ownership

Learn how to correctly use possessive apostrophes to indicate ownership or relationships in writing. From forming possessive cases to handling plural nouns and pronouns, this guide covers it all! Perfect for students and writers looking to enhance their grammar skills.

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Mastering Possessive Apostrophes: Your Guide to Ownership

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  1. Apostrophes

  2. Apostrophes • Possessive case shows ownership or relationship. • Ex: Nicole’s portfolio • Ex: Maddy’s cousin • To form a possessive case simply add an apostrophe and an s. • Kevin’s homework

  3. Exception • A proper name ending in s may add only an apostrophe. • Ex: Ms. Lucas’ cat

  4. Plurals • To form a possessive case of a plural none ending in s, only add the apostrophe. • Heroes’ stories • Families’ efforts

  5. Other Pronouns • Possessive personal pronouns do not require an apostrophe • My, mine • His, hers • Their, theirs • Indefinite pronouns require an apostrophe and an s. • Everyone’s ideas • Somebody’s book

  6. Compound Words • In compound words, names of organizations, and words showing joint possession – only the last word is possessive. • School board’s decision • Modern Language Association’s • Yoshi and Bahar’s project

  7. Individual Possession • When two or more people possess something individually, each of their names is possessive in form. • Lea’s and Chantal’s myth portfolios. • [individual, not joint, possession]

  8. Homework • Post Test 1 on pg. 831-832

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