© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Grammar Name Possessive Nouns Choose the correct possessive noun. Write it on the line. 1. The eyes are black. A. rabbit B. rabbit’s 2. The babies are called ducklings. A. ducks B. duck’s 3. kitten is orange. A. Maya’s B. Maya 4. The tail wags fast. A. puppy B. puppy’s 5. The snake is pet. A. Petes B. Pete’s • A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something. • Add an apostrophe (’) and -s to a singular noun to make it possessive. The dog’s bowl is empty. Farfallina and Marcel • Book 2.1/ Unit 2 41 At Home: Have your child use a possessive noun to write a sentence describing a family member’s possessions.
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GrammarNamePossessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something. Add an apostrophe () and -s to a singular noun to make it possessive. The dogs bowl is empty.
Choose the correct possessive noun. Write it on the line. 1. The A. rabbit B. rabbits 2. The A. ducks B. ducks 3. A. Mayas B. Maya 4. The A. puppy B. puppys 5. The snake is A. Petes B. PetesAt Home: Have your child use a possessive noun to write a sentence describing a family members possessions.
eyes are black.
babies are called ducklings.
kitten is orange.
tail wags fast.
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pet.
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GrammarNamePossessive Nouns
Add an apostrophe to most plural nouns to make them possessive. The animals barn is red. Add an apostrophe () and -s to plural nouns that do not end in s. The childrens trip to the farm was fun. Underline the correct plural possessive noun in (). Rewrite the sentence on the line below. 1. I found several (birds/birds) nests in our yard.
2. The (squirrels/squirrels) tails are bushy.
3. The (bears/bears) bodies are very big.
4. The (mices/mices) noses twitch when they smell a cat.
6. The (geeses/geeses) beaks are wet.
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At Home: Help your child brainstorm a list of plurals and then make each plural noun possessive.
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5. The (dogs/dogs) owners are training their pets.
GrammarNameMechanics
Always use an apostrophe to form a possessive. Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun possessive. Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. Look at the picture. Then write the possessive of each noun on the line. 1. That leash is on.
2. Both
tanks are open.
3. This
tail is curly.
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4. The
bowls are on the oor.
5. The
bowl is on the table.
At Home: Have your child write phrases using both the singular and plural form of a noun.
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GrammarNameProofreading
Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun possessive. Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. Circle each mistake. Rewrite the passage correctly on the lines below. A frogs eggs are called egg spawn. The eggs shells protect the egg spawn. Soon the eggs hatch. Tadpoles come out. The new tadpoles tails are very long. Did you know that tadpoles eat frogs eggs?
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At Home: Have your child describe an animal using possessive nouns.
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GrammarNameReview and Assess
Mark the sentence that is rewritten correctly. Underline the possessive noun in the correct sentence. 1. The wings of the buttery are blue and black. The butterys wings are blue and black. The butteries wings are blue and black. The butterys wings are blue and black. 2. The shells of the crabs are too small now. The crabs shells are too small now. The crabs shells are too small now. The crabs shells are too small now. 3. The eggs of our duck are ready to hatch. Our ducks eggs are ready to hatch. Our ducks eggs are ready to hatch. Our ducks eggs are ready to hatch. 4. The ears of the puppy are long and oppy. The puppies ears are long and oppy. The puppys ears are long and oppy. The puppys ears are long and oppy Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
5. The feathers of the swans have turned white. The swans feathers have turned white. The swans feathers have turned white. The swans feathers have turned white.
At Home: Review this page together.
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GrammarNameReview Plurals
A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. To change a singular noun to a plural noun, add -s or -es. Do not add an apostrophe. pool pools box boxes
Make the noun in ( ) plural. Then write the correct sentence on the line below. 1. The (player) are getting ready for the big game.
2. Each team has ten (child).
3. How many (coach) are there?
4. Ben threw four (pitch).
5. Our team scored ve (run). Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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At Home: Lists items at a baseball game and have your child make each singular noun plural.
GrammarNameReview Possessives
Add apostrophe () and -s to a singular noun to make it possessive. The girls towel is wet. Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. Several swimmers caps are white.
Circle the mistake in each sentence. Then write the possessive noun correctly on the line below. 1. The girls goggles are on their faces.
2. The boys suit is red.
3. The coachs whistle is around her neck. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
4. All three swimmers laps are very strong.
5. The fans applause is loud.
At Home: Have your child use the possessive form to tell about something he or she is wearing.
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GrammarNameMechanics
Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun possessive. Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. Do not add an apostrophe to form a plural noun.
Underline the mistakes. Write the sentences correctly on the lines below. 1. Juans check-up is today.
2. There are three doctors at the ofce.
3. Dr. Brown is a childrens doctor.
4. The doctor listens to the boys heart. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
5. Juan steps on Dr. Browns scale to be weighed.
6. Nurse Ann uses a chart to check Juans eyes.
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At Home: Ask your child to use plurals and possessives to write two sentences about a visit to the doctor.
GrammarNameProofreading
Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun possessive. Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. Do not add an apostrophe to form a plural noun. Use commas to separate three or more words in a series.
Find each mistake with plurals, possessives, and commas. Rewrite the passage correctly on the lines below. At Ellas school, students choices for sports are tennis soccer and basketball. Ellas mom and dad think she should play soccer. Her brothers favorite sport is basketball. Ella loves all sports!
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At Home: Have your child write a paragraph about a favorite sport and then proofread it.
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GrammarNameReview and Assess
Circle the correct form of the noun to complete each sentence. 1. My coach showed us some special stretch stretches . stretchs , she said. practices gym. schools . elds moms are coaching this year. friends with us. lappes rst game was a loss. teams teams laps friends
2. Do these before all your practices practice
3. Early in the year, we practiced in the schools schools
4. Later in the spring, we used one of two soccer elds 5. My two best friends 6. They like to run laps 7. My teams 8. Both coaches elds
words after the game made us feel better. coachs coaches Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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At Home: Review this page together.
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