Possessive Nouns Sentences

How can you tell the difference between a POSSESSIVE NOUN and a CONTRACTION?

• Look for the apostrophe.

• Substitute the word "is" for the apostrophe and s, and see if the sentence still works.

• Check to see whether the word that follows is a noun or a verb.

• There is no way to tell the difference.

The teacher's yelling terrified the students.

• Contraction

• Possessive Noun

Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a CONTRACTION or POSSESSIVE NOUN?

• CONTRACTION

• POSSESSIVE NOUN

Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a CONTRACTION or POSSESSIVE NOUN?

Are you going to Tyler's party on Friday?

• CONTRACTION

• POSSESSIVE NOUN

Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a CONTRACTION or POSSESSIVE NOUN?

• CONTRACTION

• POSSESSIVE NOUN

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. __________________ favorite toy is broken.

• Carl

• Carls

• Carls'

• Carl's

Rewrite the following sentence correctly using the correct singular possessive form of the noun. Sentence: Jim eraser is big and pink.

Which is correct? Are you going to __________ party?

• Susans

• Susans'

• Susan's

• Susan

Which is correct? The ___________ trunk is very long.

• elephant's

• elephants'

• elephant

• elephants

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. We saw the ______________________ crown at the museum.

• queens

• queen

• queen's

• queens'