Possessive Nouns

Written by Amyyah and Trinity

A possessive noun tells who or what owns something.  A noun is a person, place, or thing.

Example:

• Person:  Amyyah
• Place:  Hawaii
• Thing:  bike

To make a noun posssessive add an appostrophe and s ( 's ) to the end of the noun.

noun + 's = possessive noun

 

Example:  girl + 's = girl's

 

"The girl's shiny bike" means that the shiny bike belongs to the girl.

 

When you have something belonging to more than one thing you put the appostrophe after the s.

 

Example:  ducks + ' = ducks'

 

"Many of the ducks' feathers have fallen onto the grass" means that a group of duck's feathers have fallen onto the grass.

 

And that's what we do for possessive nouns!

  

Can you think of any more examples of possessive nouns?