SINGulAR AND PluRAl POSSESSIVE NOuS

Name: __________________________
A. Kilburn
Singular and plural
Possessive nous
Test Date: ___________________
Practice: Possessive Singular nouns (noun + ‘s)
Write the possessive form of each noun.
Example: student=student’s
1. Class
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2. Mr. Warren
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3. Teacher
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Rewrite the sentence. Identify the possessive noun so that it is spelled
correctly in its singular form.
1. The inventors idea was brilliant!
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2. Janice’s solution worked.
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3. The babys bottle fell out of her stroller.
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Practice: Plural possessive nouns (noun + ‘)
Write the possessive form of each noun.
Example: blueprints= blueprints’
1. schedules
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2. researchers
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3. children
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Rewrite the sentence. Identify the possessive
noun so that it is spelled correctly in its
plural form.
1. American inventors ideas have changed the world.
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2. The deers sickness will be studied.
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3. The peoples demand grew strong.
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Practice
Helen Keller was a famous blind women. Helen traveled to many countrys.
She helped blind men, women, and childs. Helen Kellers’ life story is told in
a play, The Miracle Worker.
1. a womin
3. a countries
5. a Kellers
b. wiman
b countrees
b Keller’s
c woman
c countres
c Kelleres
d Correct as is
d Correct as is
d Correct as is
2. a traveled, to
4. a childes
6. a told. in
b traveled. To
b child’s
b told? in
c traveled? To
c children
c long, in
d Correct as is
d Correct as is
d Correct as is
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: Find the error in the following
sentences.
A. This is my two brothers’
B. room. They have shared
C. This bedroom for years.
D. No mistakes