Possessives and Plurals

• Irregular plural nouns do NOT add -s, -es, or -ies when they are plurals.

• The plural of person is people.

• The plural of child is children.

• The plural of mouse is mice.

• The plural of fish is fish.

• The plural of foot is feet.

• A noun is a word.

• A noun names a person, place, thing or idea!

• A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea.

• To change a noun to a plural you usually just add an -s, o r -es.

• If a noun ends in a consonant-y, change the y to an i and add -es to make it a plural.

• If the noun ends in -fe, change -fe to -ve and add -s.

• A singular possessive noun is when a person, place or thing owns something.

• It is also when a person place or thing 'has' something.

• Just add an apostrophe-s ( 's ) to show possession.

• the dog's water

• the cat's toy

• the school's principal

• Mr. Bruno's best friend

• Plural nouns mean more than one person, place or thing.

• A possessive singular noun means a person, place or thing owns something or has something.

• Only possessives have an apostrophe-s ( 's )!

• Plural means more than one person, place, thing or idea.

• Possessive nouns have an APOSTROPHE-s!

• Well, this is when you must be a DETECTIVE! Notice all the clues!

• First notice if the noun is a plural.

• Next notice if the plural noun end in an 's'.

• If the plural noun ends in an 's', you DO NOT NEED TO ADD ANOTHER 'S'!

• Just add the APOSTROPHE!

• all the girls' unicorns

• Girls is a plural noun and when you add the APOSTROPHE, it means the unicorns belong to them!

• all the boys' books

• Boys is a plural noun and when you add the APOSTROPHE, it means the books belong to them!

Plural nouns, Possessive Nouns and Plural Possessive Nouns