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Apostrophes for Possession Activity Booklet
northcoteschool.comHowever, in English, we generally use the apostrophe to show possession: Sheba’s pencil was on the table. Singular Possessive The general rule for showing possession is to add an apostrophe to the end of the word and then an s (‘s). Look at the following examples: The Lion’s paws were big. The cat’s whiskers twitched. The dog’s tail ...
The apostrophe has three uses: 1) to form possessive nouns ...
www.suu.edu1) To Show Possession To see if you have a possessive, turn the phrase around and make an “of …” phrase. Example: the newspaper’s column = the column of the newspaper To show possession by a singular noun, add ’s to the singular form of the word (even if it ends with the letter s .) Example: the owner’s car.
SAMPLE LESSON FOR PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS …
languageartsreading.dadeschools.netPOSSESSIVE PRONOUNS OPossessive pronouns also take the place of nouns and show ownership. OPossessive pronouns show possession without the use of apostrophes (my, mine, your, yours [second person singular], his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours