Possessive Nouns

Possessive Nouns

A possessive noun shows possession or ownership. It is NOT the same as a plural noun!

To form the possessive of singular nouns not ending in s, singular nouns ending in s, or plural nouns not ending in s, add an apostrophe and an s.  ('s)

• friend🡪 friend’s

• James🡪 James’s

• children🡪 children’s

To form the possessive of plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe only. (').

• boys🡪 boys’

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Choose the correct possessive form of each noun.

Multiple Choice

man

• man's

• men's

• mans'

• mens'

Multiple Choice

authors

• author's

• authors's

• authors'

• authors

Multiple Choice

mice

• mices'

• mouse's

• mices's

• mice's

Multiple Choice

lady

• ladies

• lady's

• ladys'

• ladys's

Multiple Choice

cross

• crosses

• crosses'

• crosses's

• cross's

Multiple Choice

loaves

• loaf's

• loaves'

• loaves's

• loafs

Multiple Choice

tomato

• tomato's

• tomatoes

• tomatoes'

• tomatoes's

Multiple Choice

wolves

• wolf's

• wolfs's

• wolves'

• wolves's

Multiple Choice

reindeer

• reindeers'

• reindeers's

• reindeers

• reindeer's

Multiple Choice

Chris

• Chrises

• Chris'

• Chris's

• Chri's