Skill 4 Singular Possessive Nouns

shows ownership of an object by one person or thing

• singular nouns

• common noun

• singular possessive noun

• proper noun

How do you make a singular noun possessive?

• circle it

• draw an arrow

• add an apostrophe and an “s”

• underline it

Which sentence has a singular possessive noun?

• The television was broken.

• My brother pushed it over.

• The remote's batteries are on the floor.

• Daniel and I had to clean it up.

Which sentence has a singular possessive noun?

• The party's decorations were blue and orange.

• The cake was vanilla with chocolate icing.

• My sister was surprised.

• The pizza was from Pizza Hut.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Dominic's homework was left on the table.

• Dominics homework was left on the table.

• Dominics' homework was left on the table.

• Dominic homework's was left on the table.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• A lions sharp teeth help them eat meat from other animals.

• A lion's sharp teeth help them eat meat from other animals.

• A lions' sharp teeth help them eat meat from other animals.

• A lions sharp teeth's help them eat meat from other animals.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The living's room furniture will be delivered Saturday.

• The living rooms' furniture will be delivered Saturday.

• The living's room's furniture will be delivered Saturday.

• The living room's furniture will be delivered Saturday.

the handle of the cup

• the cups handle

• the cups' handle

• the cup's handle

• the cup handles

the charger of the iPad

• the iPad's charger

• the iPads charger

• the iPads' charger

• the iPad charger

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Donna's marker and Lynn's packet were both on the floor.

• Donnas marker and Lynn's packet were both on the floor.

• Donna's marker and Lynns packet were both on the floor.

• Donnas marker and Lynns packet were both on the floor.