Possessive Nouns, Final Review

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Possessive Nouns

Rewrite the following phrases using possessive nouns.

Possessive Nouns

Rewrite the following phrases or sentences using possessive nouns.

1. the books belonging to the children

2. the assignment belonging to the class

3. The covers of the books were torn.

4. the computers belonging to five secretaries

Possessive Nouns

Rewrite the following phrases or sentences using possessive nouns.

1. the books belonging to the childrenthe children’s books2. the assignment belonging to the classthe class’s assignment3. The covers of the books were torn.the books’ covers4. the computers belonging to five secretariesthe secretaries’ computers

Possessive NounsSingular Singular

PossessivePlural Plural

Possessive

classes’

boy’s communities

Secretaries’

women

man

passes

dogs’

children

church

Possessive NounsSingular Singular

PossessivePlural Plural

Possessive

classes’ class class’s classes classes’

boy’s boy boy’s boys boys’communities community community’s communities communities’

secretaries’ secretary secretary’s secretaries secretaries’

women woman woman’s women women’s

man man man’s men men’s

passes pass pass’s passes passes’

dogs’ dog dog’s dogs dogs’

children child child’s children children’s

church church church’s churches churches’

Possessive Nouns

Write five sentences using any five words from the chart. Use any form of the words in your sentences except singular.

Possessive Nouns

Write five sentences using any five words from the chart. Use any form of the words in your sentences except singular.

Example:The community’s representative attended every

school board meeting.