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1 Possessive Nouns

2 What are nouns? A noun is a part of speech that describes a person, animal, place, or thing.

3 What is a possessive noun?
A possessive noun is a noun that "owns" something else in the sentence.

4 How do you form the singular possessive noun?
To form a singular possessive noun add an apostrophe (´) and the letter “s” to a singular noun. The airplane's engine was loud.

5 How do you form the singular possessive noun when the noun ends in -s?
To form a singular possessive noun in words ending in´-s just add an apostrophe (´) and the letter “s” The bus's is full of people.

6 How do you form a plural possessive noun?
To form a plural possessive noun just add an apostrophe (´) to a plural noun. Those kids' toys are new.

7 How do you form a plural possessive noun with a irregular plural noun?
Treat the irregular plural noun as a singular noun and add an apostrophe (´) and the letter “s” The mice´s tails are very long.


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