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3.2 Possessive Nouns

Singular Possessive Form Plural Possessive Form
Noun Noun
girl The girl’s bicycle is blue. girls The girls’ bicycles are blue.
child The child’s room is messy. children The children’s rooms are messy.

1. Use possessive nouns to show ownership or a The writer’s house is in New York.
relationship. Mark’s father is very strong.
2. To make singular nouns possessive, add an The child’s mother is over there.
apostrophe (’) + -s (’s).
3. To make plural nouns possessive
a. add an apostrophe to regular plural nouns a. The boys’ parents are here.
b. add an apostrophe + -s to most irregular b. The children’s teacher is kind.
plural nouns
4. To make a noun phrase with two nouns John and Tina’s father is sick.
possessive, add an apostrophe + -s to the
second noun only.

6 Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Maria’s / Marias’ daughter is in the hospital.

2. The nurses’s / nurse’s name is Meg.
3. The students’ / students’s goal is to become doctors.

4. The childrens’ / children’s section of the hospital is bright and cheerful.

5. You can find many doctor’s / doctors’ phone numbers online.

6. My baby’s / babies’ cold is getting worse.

7. Peoples’ / People’s health is getting better.

8. The Internet has increased parent’s / parents’ concerns about their children.

7 Write the correct possessive form of the word in parentheses.

1. Is your dentist’s (dentist) office in this building?

2. The (building) elevator is broken.

3. (Mrs. Achebe) house is across the street from the hospital.

4. The (doctors) white coats are in the closet.

5. Julian and (Amy) baby is six weeks old.

6. This (city) hospitals are excellent.
7. Marta is a coach for the (women) swim team.

8. (Mark and Sam) apartment is on the second floor.

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