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DEVELOP
THE CONCEPT
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Plural Possessive Nouns
To show that two or more people share or own something, use a plural possessive
noun.
Plural Noun
Singular Possessive Noun
Plural Possessive Noun
The birds built nests.
One bird’s nest was made of twigs.
Some birds’ nests are made of grass.
Add an apostrophe (’) to plural nouns that end in -s, -es, or -ies to make them
possessive. To make plural nouns that do not end in -s, -es, or -ies possessive,
add an apostrophe and an s.
children children’s toys
women women’s books
Directions Write the plural possessive noun in each sentence.
1. Eagles’ nests are huge.
2. Hummingbirds’ nests hold their eggs.
3. The parents’ job is to protect their chicks.
4. The trees’ holes were made by woodpeckers.
5. The forest’s trees are full of animals’ homes.
Directions Write the possessive form of the underlined plural noun in each sentence.
6. There are good places for our cities birds to nest.
7. Some pigeons homes are on window ledges.
8. Sometimes they get in people way.
9. Their babies lives can be full of danger.
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10. Some animals destroy the bird families homes.
Home Activity Your child learned about plural possessive nouns. Name some families in your
neighborhood. Have your child make up sentences using the plural possessive form of each noun, such
as The Smiths’ dog likes to play ball.
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Amazing Bird Nests
Name
APPLY TO WRITING
Plural Possessive Nouns
Directions Write sentences about birds and their nests. Use the plural possessive form
of each noun in your sentence.
1. nests
2. woodpeckers
3. chicks
4. weaver birds
5. children
Directions Write a sentence about something you like about birds and bird nests.
Then write about something you do not like about them. Use at least one plural
possessive noun in each sentence.
6.
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7.
Home Activity Your child learned how to use plural possessive nouns in writing. After watching a
movie or TV program, have your child write a sentence about the show that uses at least one plural
possessive noun.
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Amazing Bird Nests
Name
TEST
PRACTICE
PROOFREAD
Plural Possessive Nouns
Directions Mark the letter of the correct singular or plural possessive noun to
complete each sentence.
1.
homes are all different.
A People’
B People’s
C Peoples
D Peoples’s
6. Some
feathers.
A nest’s
B nests’
C nest’
D nests’s
2.
nests are very different too.
A Birds’s
B Bird’s
C Birds’
D Birds
7. Most
nests are small.
A hummingbirds’s
B hummingbird’
C hummingbirds
D hummingbirds’
3. Birds get their
forest.
A home’
B homes
C homes’s
D homes’
materials from the
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4. The
eggs will soon hatch.
A mothers
B mothers’s
C mother’
D mother’s
5. The
hole serves as a home.
A woodpeckers
B woodpeckers’
C woodpecker’s
D woodpeckers’s
insides are lined with
8. That
top is a home for
eagles.
A mountains’
B mountain’s
C mountains
D mountain’
9. Does a
nest make good soup?
A swiftlet’s
B swiftlets’
C swiftlets
D swiftletses’
10. The
taste must be unusual.
A soups
B soups’
C soup’s
D soups’s
Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on plural possessive nouns. Name some kinds of
animals. Have your child write sentences using the plural possessive form of each animal name, such
as Zebras’ stripes are black and white.
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EXTRA PACTICE
Plural Possessive Nouns
Directions Write the correct possessive noun in ( ) to complete each sentence.
1. The (children’, children’s) hobby is watching birds.
2. They use their (parent’s, parents’) field glasses.
3. They saw some (owl’s, owls’) nests.
4. They heard the (animals, animals’) sounds at night.
Directions Write the possessive form of the underlined plural noun in each sentence.
5. The chicks cries were high and soft.
6. The babies parents protected them.
7. The trees limbs were a good home for the bird family.
Directions How is your home like a bird’s home? Write a sentence to answer. Use at
least one plural possessive noun.
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8.
Home Activity Your child reviewed plural possessive nouns. Name three things you and your child
saw or bought on a recent shopping trip. Have your child spell the plural possessive form of each item
name.
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