Possessive Apostrophes and Plural Nouns

Possessive
Apostrophes
and Plural
Have a go
at Blake’s black bike
whispering and the boys’
broken ball were
this tongue
Let’s think...
behind the hall.
twister!
Whose bike? Whose ball?
And how do we know?
The bike belongs to Blake.
Blake’s black These apostrophes

give us hints about
bike and the who owns what. Let‘s
boys’ broken ball find out more.…
were behind the

hall.
The ball belongs to the boys.
Today, we are
learning to:
1 2 3
Define the term Differentiate Identify and apply
‘possessive’ in the between singular the three rules of
context of and plural nouns possessive
grammar apostrophes
Possession
Let’s think. Have you heard the word

possession before?
Can you use it in a sentence?
Can you explain the meaning?
Possession
A possession is an object or thing

that is owned by someone. For
example,
The bag is Harriet’s
possession.
object owner
The Teacher’s Apple
Let’s think about possessions while we read this
passage.
“Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
was empty. Adam’s eyebrows shot up. He had seen Miss
Mot’s apple there just moments before! The students
searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s morning
snack was crucial to her good mood! They searched under
Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book tray and even in
Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be seen… the
students’ despair was clear. Where could the teacher’s
apple be?!
Can you answer each question bubble?
Whose
Whose desks? Do you notice a pattern? eyebrows?

Whose morning
Whose apple?
snack? “Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
Whose book searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s Whose messy
tray? morning snack was crucial to her good mood! They desk?
searched under Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book
tray and even in Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be
Whose giant seen… the students’ despair was clear. Where could the
Whose despair?
bag? teacher’s apple be?!
ANSWER KEY

Miss Mot’s and Can you answer each question bubble?
the children’s Adam’s
desks Do you notice a pattern? eyebrows

Miss Mot’s
Miss Mot’s apple
morning snack “Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
Sarah’s book searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s Hera’s messy
tray morning snack was crucial to her good mood! They desk
searched under Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book
tray and even in Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be
Harold’s giant seen… the students’ despair was clear. Where could the The teacher’s
bag teacher’s apple be?! despair
Possessive
Apostrophes
A possessive apostrophe is a
punctuation mark that tells us
who owns an object or thing.
Possessive
Apostrophes
Miss Mot’s desk was
empty.
In this sentence, the possessive
apostrophe tells us the desk belongs to
Miss Mot.
Singular or Plural?
When we learn about

possessive apostrophes, it’s
important we first check our
understanding of singular and
plural nouns.
Singular or Plural?
Discuss with a partner to sort the objects into singular or plural categories.
Singular Plural
ANSWER KEY
Singular or Plural?
Check your answers.
Singular Plural
Knowing where to put
possessive apostrophes can be
confusing!
The trick is knowing WHO

The possesses the object and then
Golden
following the three Golden
Rules.
Rules
When we have a singular noun owner,
for example, Adam, we add an
apostrophe to the word and an s.
Golde Adam + + s = Adam’s

n Rule eyebrows
If the person’s name ends in s, we add an
#1 apostrophe but do not add the extra s, as

it looks a little messy! For example; for
the name James, we would write James’
bag.
When we have a plural noun owner, for
Golde
example, the students, we add an
apostrophe but do NOT add an extra s.
n Rule the students +
#2 = the students’
despair
When we have an irregular plural noun
Golde
owner, for example, the children, we add
an apostrophe to the word and an s.
n Rule the children + +
#3 s
= the children’s
teacher
Checking our
Understanding
Match each sentence to the noun type below.
Can you also add the apostrophe in the correct place?
Singular owner The players ball
Plural owner The mens hats
Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

ANSWER KEY
Checking our
Understanding
How did you go?
Singular owner The players ball
Plural owner The mens hats
Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

Let’s Recap
Possessive apostrophes Where the apostrophe

tell us who or what goes depends on if the
owns an object or thing. owner is singular or
plural.
The kids’ cool A final
Christmas cards
were created in task
Can you create your own
tongue twister that
includes a possessive
the classroom’s apostrophe?
craft area.

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Possessive

Blake’s black These apostrophes

were behind the

Let’s think. Have you heard the word

A possession is an object or thing

The Teacher’s Apple

The Teacher’s Apple

The Teacher’s Apple

When we learn about

The trick is knowing WHO

Golde Adam + + s = Adam’s

#1 apostrophe but do not add the extra s, as

n Rule the students +

n Rule the children + +

Singular owner The players ball

Plural owner The mens hats

Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

Singular owner The players ball

Plural owner The mens hats

Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

Possessive apostrophes Where the apostrophe

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