Grammar Unit 1: Lesson 3

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Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 3

• Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions!
• Oh, MY!

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DEFINITION

• A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a noun
• that shows ownership or possession of
• things or qualities.

Lings birthday cake
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How to form possessive nouns
Nouns To Form Possessive Examples
All singular nouns plural nouns not ending in S Add an apostrophe and s (s) A girla girls name The busthe buss route Childrenchildrens toys Mr. NevinsMr. Nevinss tie
Plural nouns ending in S Add just an apostrophe () at the end of the plural noun. Babiesbabies bottle The Jonesesthe Joneses car
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Examples
Singular Noun Lyndell has a book about baseball.
Singular Possessive Noun Lyndells book is about baseball.
Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams.
Plural Possessive Noun Several cities teams attract fans.
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Guided Practice

• Write the possessive form of the noun in
  parentheses.

1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird) nest.
2. (Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place.
3. (Oscar) claws are very sharp.
4. The three (students) homework was accepted one day late.
5. (Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck.
6. The (bus) wheels go round and round.
birds
Janels
Oscars
students
Mr. Nevinss
buss
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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.

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Contractions

• The speaker is happy about her presentation.

We can join the two words speaker and is to
create a contraction.
SPEAKER
S
The speakers happy about her presentation.
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Complete the following chart
Singular Noun Singular Possessive Plural Noun Plural Possessive Noun Contraction
woman
echos
countries
speakers
womans
women
womens
womans
echo
echos
echoes
echoes
country
countrys
countrys
countries
speaker
speakers
speakers
speakers
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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 740 am.
2. Elviss cage is in the 7B science room.
3. Micky Rodgerss bus arrives at 725 am.
4. Skylars the illustrator for that book.
5. The childrens mittens are lost.
6. My two sneakers laces are too short.
Plural noun
Singular Poss.
Singular Poss.
contraction
Plural Poss.
Plural poss.
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Testing Your Knowledge

• 1. What is a possessive noun?

AN A noun that shows ownership
2. How do you form singular possessive nouns?
AN By adding an apostrophe s (s)
3. How do you form plural possessive nouns?
AN By adding an apostrophe after the s.
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4. How do you form the possessive form of plural
nouns that DO NOT end in s?
AN By adding an apostrophe and s (s).
5. What is a contraction?
AN a word made by combining two words and
leaving out one or more letters using an
apostrophe.