Name: ____________________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Possessives and Plurals
The Apology of Goldilocks
Goldilocks feels guilty about messing up the home
of the three bears. She wants to make it up to them.
But she doesn’t understand the laws of possessive
words. Can you help her?
Directions: Wherever you see a blank line, decide whether
the word needs an ’s, an s’ or a plain s. Write your answer
on the blank.
Dear Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear,
I owe you guy__ an apology. I didn’t mean to
get my germ__ all over everyone__ porridge and
break Baby Bear__ chair. I didn’t say to myself, “I
think I’ll head to the bear__ cottage and mess up their
stuff.” I had been hiking through the wood__,
Grammar Cop’s Clues
Remember these basic laws of
possessives and plurals:
• Singular possessive (’s): Use
’s when you want to show that
something belongs to
gathering rock__ for my science project. I had stuffed
someone or something.
all the rocks into my jumper__ pocket. When I sat
(Example: That is Bozo’s clown
down in Baby Bear__ chair, the rock__ weight caused
wig.)
• Plural possessive (s’): Use s’
me to crush the chair.
To make it up to you, I would like you to come
when something belongs to
more than one person.
to my family__ house for dinner. I have a new chair
(Example: Those are the clowns’
for Baby Bear. (I used all my baby-sitting money to
wigs.)
pay for it.) Please let me know if you can come.
Love,
Goldilocks
P.S. I’ll be serving some of my parent__ homemade
• Plural noun (s): Use a plain s
when you simply want to show
that there is more than one of
something. (Example: There are
lots of clowns in town. They are
all wearing wigs.)
honey.
© Scholastic Teaching Resources
GRAMMAR COP
13
The Apology of Goldilocks (p. 13)
guys; germs; everyone’s; Baby Bear’s; bears’; woods; rocks; jumper’s; Baby Bear’s; rocks’; family’s; parents’