3. DEFINITION A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a noun that shows ownership or possession of things or qualities. Sara’s birthday cake

4. HOW TO FORM POSSESSIVE NOUNS: NounsTo Form Possessive Examples All singular nouns; plural nouns not ending in S Add an apostrophe and s (‘s) A girl—a girl’s name The bus—the bu s’s route Children—children’s toys Mr. Nevins—Mr. Nevin s’s tie Plural nouns ending in S Add just an apostrophe (‘) at the end of the plural noun. Babies—babies’ bottle The Joneses—the Joneses’ car

5. POSSESSIVE NOUNS Singular Noun Lyndell has a book about baseball. Singular Possessive Noun Lyndell’s book is about baseball. Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams. Plural Possessive Noun ending in ‘s’ Several cities’ teams attract fans. Plural Possessive Noun not ending in ‘s’ Gymnastics is a popular women’s sport.

6. GUIDED PRACTICE Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. (bird) 1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird) nest. (Janel) 2. (Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place. (Oscar) 3. (Oscar) claws are very sharp. (students) 4. The three (students) homework was accepted one day late. (Mr. Nevins) 5. (Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck. (bus) 6. The (bus) wheels go round and round. bird’s Janel’s students’ Oscar’s Mr. Nevins’s bus’s

7. DEFINITION A CONTRACTION is a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out.

8. CONTRACTIONS The speaker is happy about her presentation. We can join the two words speaker and is to create a contraction. SPEAKER’S The speaker’s happy about her presentation.

9. GUIDED PRACTICE Identify the bolded word in each sentence by writing plural noun, singular, singular possessive noun, plural possessive noun, or contraction. 1. School hours begin at 7:40 am. 2. Elvis’s cage is in the 7B science room. 3. Micky Rodgers’s bus arrives at 7:25 am. 4. Skylar’s the illustrator for that book. 5. The children’s mittens are lost. 6. My two sneakers’ laces are too short. Plural noun Singular Poss. contraction Singular Poss. Plural Poss. Plural poss.

10. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART Singular Noun Singular Possessive Plural NounPlural Possessive Noun Contraction woman echo’s countries speakers woman’swomen women’swoman’s echo echoes echoes’ echo’s countrycountry’s speaker speaker’sspeakers’speaker’s countries’

11. YOUR TURN! UNLUCKY SEVEN! Read the directions VERY carefully. Complete the possessive noun practice. Double check your work according to the directions when you are finished. Place in the box with your name on it when you are finished.