What are Possessive Nouns?

• Show that a noun owns or possesses another thing (noun)

• We use apostrophes to show possession

What if I Have a Word that Ends with S?

• Add an apostrophe after the s (s')

• The students' desks

  • The desks belong to the students

• The flowers' petals

  • The petals belong to the flowers

• The pigs' tails

Plural Possessive Nouns

• HOWEVER, not all plural nouns end with an s

  • Children

  • People

  • Teeth

• How do we make these possessive?

• An apostrophe and an s ('s)

  • Children's

  • People's

  • Teeth's