Title: What Possessed You?
1What Possessed You?
2What are nouns?
- A noun is a part of speech that describes a
person, place, or thing.
3What is a possessive noun?
- A possessive noun is a noun that "owns" something
else in the sentence.
4For example
- The airplane's engine was loud.
- The airplane "owns" the engine.
- Possessive nouns are often shown with apostrophes.
5Can you make this sentence possessive?
6Answer
7Remember
- When there is use of a possessive, the question
"Who owns it?" can be asked and answered.
Mine!
8Which answer best fits in the blank?
- ____________ bicycle is broken.
- A. Seths'
- B. Sethes
- C. Seths
- D. Seth's
9Which answer best fits in the blank?
- ____________ bicycle is broken.
- A. Seths'
- B. Sethes
- C. Seths
- D. Seth's
10Do not confuse possessive words with plural words!
- Possessive words show ownership. The Blacks
dollhouse is small. - Plural words show more than one. Those girls are
friendly.
11Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
if you leave the lid off. - A. flys
- B. flies
- C. flie's
- D. fly's
12Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
if you leave the lid off. - A. flys
- B. flies
- C. flie's
- D. fly's
13Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The ____________________ skin is red.
- A. tomatoes
- B. tomato's
- C. tomatos'
- D. tomatos's
14Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The ____________________ skin is red.
- A. tomatoes
- B. tomato's
- C. tomatos'
- D. tomatos's
15Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The desert is home to many kinds of
_______________. - A. animal
- B. animals
- C. animal's
- D. animals'
16Which answer best fits in the blank?
- The desert is home to many kinds of
_______________. - A. animal
- B. animals
- C. animal's
- D. animals'
17Which answer best fits in the blank?
- Kendra has two hamsters named Fuzzy and Furry.
The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
house. - A. hamsters'
- B. hamsters
- C. hamster's
- D. hamsterers
18Which answer best fits in the blank?
- Kendra has two hamsters named Fuzzy and Furry.
The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
house. - A. hamsters'
- B. hamsters
- C. hamster's
- D. hamsterers
19Which answer best fits in the blank?
- Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
- A. sister's
- B. sisters
- C. sisteres
- D. sister'
20Which answer best fits in the blank?
- Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
- A. sister's
- B. sisters
- C. sisteres
- D. sister'
21Which answer best fits in the blank?
- I borrowed ___________
- sweater.
- A. Jane's
- B. Janes
- C. Jane
- D. Janes'
22Which answer best fits in the blank?
I am Jane and this is my sweater.
- I borrowed _________
- sweater.
- A. Jane's
- B. Janes
- C. Jane
- D. Janes'
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