Lesson 20
CCSS
Possessive Nouns
L.3.2.d: Form and use possessives.
Introduction Some nouns show that a person or animal owns something. A noun that
shows ownership is called a possessive noun. For example, the girl’s hat means that the girl
owns or has the hat. The tiger’s fur means that the fur belongs to the tiger.
• To form the possessive of a singular noun, add an apostrophe (’) and then an -s.
seller + ’s
The ticket seller’s booth is at the front of the zoo.
• To form the possessive of a plural noun, add an apostrophe (’) after the -s.
lions + ’The lions’ area is near the back of the zoo.
Guided Practice Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses ( ) to
complete each phrase.
Hint
How can you tell if
the possessive noun
should be singular
or plural? Look at
the ending of the
noun in ( ). Also look
for clue words, such
as a, one, several,
and few.
1 a key (zookeeper)
2 several ears (bunnies)
3 one flippers (penguin)
4 a few tails (foxes)
5 three brooms (cleaners)
6 a tickets (guest)
7 some nests (cranes)
8 an egg (emu)
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L20: Possessive
Nouns
Nouns
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Common
Core
Practice
Common
Core
Practice
For numbers 1–5, choose the correct way to write each
underlined noun.
1 Several workers pails had food for
the animals.
Answer Form
1 A B C D
2 A B C D
3 A B C D
4 A B C D Number
5 A B C D Correct
5
Aworker’s’
Bworkers
Cworker’s
Dworkers’
4 There was a big spray of water
from an elephants trunk.
Aelephants
Belephant’s
2 The workers put bottles in a few
babies mouths.
Celephants’s
Delephants’
Ababies’
Bbabie’s’
Cbabies
Dbabie’s
5 We loved seeing one peacocks
colorful feathers.
Aparrots’
Bparrots
3 The zookeeper pointed out three
ostriches strong legs.
Cparrot’s
Dparrots’s
Aostriche’s’s
Bostriches
Costriches’
Dostriche’s
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Lesson 20
Lesson 20
Common
Core
Practice
Common
Core
Practice
CCSS
L.3.2.d: Form and use possessives
Possessive Nouns
For numbers 1–5, choose the correct way to write each
underlined noun.
Introduction Some nouns show that a person or animal owns something A noun that
shows ownership is called a possessive noun For example, the girl’s hat means that the girl
owns or has the hat The tiger’s fur means that the fur belongs to the tiger
1
Several workers pails had food for
the animals.
B
The ticket seller’s booth is at the front of the zoo
workers
C worker’s
4
D workers’
• To form the possessive of a plural noun, add an apostrophe (’) after the -s
lions + ’
B
2
1
a
B
key (zookeeper)
2
several
3
one
4
a few
tails (foxes)
5
three
brooms (cleaners)
6
a
some
8
an
D elephants’
A babies’
babie’s’
C babies
7
elephant’s
C elephants’s
The workers put bottles in a few
babies mouths.
Guided Practice Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses ( ) to
complete each phrase.
Hint
There was a big spray of water
from an elephants trunk.
A elephants
The lions’ area is near the back of the zoo
How can you tell if
the possessive noun
should be singular
or plural? Look at
the ending of the
noun in ( ) Also look
for clue words, such
as a, one, several,
and few
5
A worker’s’
• To form the possessive of a singular noun, add an apostrophe (’) and then an -s
seller + ’s
Answer Form
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D Number
A B C D Correct
1
2
3
4
5
ears (bunnies)
D babie’s
flippers (penguin)
5
We loved seeing one peacocks
colorful feathers.
A parrots’
B
3
The zookeeper pointed out three
ostriches strong legs.
parrots
C parrot’s
D parrots’s
A ostriche’s’s
tickets (guest)
B
ostriches
C ostriches’
nests (cranes)
D ostriche’s
egg (emu)
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Nouns
Nouns
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Guided Practice, page 281
1 D
1 zookeeper’s
2 A
2 bunnies’
3 C
3 penguin’s
4 B
4 foxes’
5 C
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5 cleaners’
6 guest’s
7 cranes’
8 emu’s
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