Singular Possessive Nouns Words that show ownership are

Singular Possessive Nouns

Words that show ownership are called possessive nouns. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else. Example: The paintbrush that belonged to the artist was lost. The artist’s paintbrush was lost.

Possessive nouns are used to show that someone owns something. An apostrophe (') is used to show the ownership. Noun Pam Possessive Pam’s cat the cat’s tail Sam’s knee

Rule To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's. Examples: Fluffy Sally the man the teacher Fluffy’s tail Sally’s recipe the man’s hat the teacher’s pencil

The possessive form can also show an feature or characteristic. Examples: river train sun river’s edge train’s wheels sun’s heat

Fill in the blank by making the noun in the parenthesis ( ) possessive. Be careful to include your ‘s in the right spot. o The ______(cat) tail was brown and black. o The orange _______ (car) tires needed to be changed. o The _____ (teacher) ipads are fun to play with.

Rewrite the sentence to have a singular possessive noun in it. o EXAMPLE: Original: The book of the boy had torn pages. Rewritten: The boy’s book had torn pages. o Original: The screen of the computer is turned off. Rewritten: o Original: The cover of the notebook was red. o Rewritten:

Write your own sentences that include a singular possessive noun in them. o 1. o 2.