PLURAL NOUNS VS. POSSESSIVE NOUNS

PLURAL NOUNS

Name more than one person, place, thing, idea, or animal

RULES TO MAKE NOUNS PLURAL

Add –s to make most singular nouns plural

Add –es to singular nouns which end in s, sh, ch, x, or z

If a singular noun ends in a CONSONANT + y, change the y to i and add es

If a singular noun ends in a VOWEL + y, just add an s

EXAMPLES OF PLURAL NOUNS

Singular Plural desk desks baby babies church churches boy boys child children fish fish sheep sheep monkey monkeys

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

Possessive nouns show different types of Possessive nouns show different types of ownership. They may refer to something we ownership. They may refer to something we possess, or they may refer to something that possess, or they may refer to something that is part of us (ex. our bodies, our emotions)is part of us (ex. our bodies, our emotions)

RULES FOR POSSESSIVE NOUNS

To form the possessive of a SINGULAR NOUN:

add ‘sMy dad’s shirt is in the wash.

Did you know the school’s mascot

is a bison?

RULES FOR POSSESSIVE NOUNS

To form the possessive of a PLURAL NOUN:

-add s’ if the plural noun ends in s -add ‘s if the plural noun does not end in s

Our dads’ shirts are in the wash. The children’s school mascot is a bison.

Let’s Practice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

How many _____________will you need for the classroom next year?

a.book’s b.booksc.books’

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

The ___________have a basketball game on Saturday.

a.boys b.boys’c.boy’s

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

The ___________tire was flat.

a.bike’sb.bikes’c.bikesd.bike

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

All of the ___________uniforms were dirty.

a.player’sb.players’c.playersd.playeres

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

All of the ___________scales are shiny.

a.fish’sb.fishs’c.fishesd.fishies

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

The school’s _________ were stacked in the room.

a.chair’sb.chairs’c.chairsd.chaires

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

Do you know if the _________are in the field?

a.sheep’sb.sheeps’c.sheepsd.sheep