Possessive Nouns ELA5C1 a. Uses and identifies the eight parts of speech(e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection) f. Uses and identifies correct mechanics and correct sentence structure. g. Uses additional knowledge of correct mechanics, correct sentence structure and correct Standard English spelling when writing, revising, and editing.
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Possessive Nouns ELA5C1 a. Uses and identifies the eight parts of speech(e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection)
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Possessive
NounsELA5C1
a. Uses and identifies the eight parts of speech(e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection)
f. Uses and identifies correct mechanics and correct sentence structure.
g. Uses additional knowledge of correct mechanics, correct sentence structure and correct Standard English spelling when writing, revising, and editing.
Words that show ownership are called possessive nouns.
A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else.
Example:The paintbrush that
belonged to the artist was lost.
The artist’s paintbrush was
lost.
Possessive nouns are used to show that someone owns something.
An apostrophe (') is used to show the ownership.
Noun Possessive
Pam Pam’s cat
cat the cat’s tail
Sam Sam’s knee
Rule
To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's.
Examples:
Fluffy Fluffy’s tail
Sally Sally’s recipe
the man the man’s hat
the teacher the teacher’s pencil
The possessive form can also show an feature or characteristic.