Possessives and Apostrophes

What are possessives NOT used for?

• Indicate possession

• Indicate Ownership

• Indicate Relationship

• Indicate missing letters

Are there different forms for plural and singular possessive adjectives? *your, his, hers, its

• Yes

• No

Fill in the blank: Chris and Amy took ___ child to school.

• their

• hers

• theirs

• ours

Fill in the blank: That coat is ___.

• Mines

• Mine

• My

• Mys

A possessive 's comes:

• before a noun

• after a singular noun

• after a regular plural noun

• with a possessive pronoun

Fill in the blank: I am going to look at ______ group art project today.

• Susies and Georges

• Susie's and George's

• Susie and George's

• Susie and George

Fill in the blank: Jenna put the ________ toys back in their box.

• childrens

• children's

• childrens'

• children

Match the subject pronoun with its possessive adjective. Example: ____ dog is cute.

• Your

• They

• Our

• I

• Their

• She

• My

• You

• Her

• We

Which sentence is grammatically incorrect?

• Were going to the park.

• We're going to the park.

• We are going to the park.

• We were going to the park.

What is the role of the apostrophe in contractions?

• To replace unneeded letters

• To show possession

• To indicate plurals

• To confuse me