Possessive Nouns - 6th Grade Grammar
Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun names who or what owns something.
A possessive noun is singular when it names one owner.
A possessive noun can be common or proper.
Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun possessive, even when the noun ends in s.
Examples:
the squirrel’s tail
Douglas’s bicycle
the bus’s door
the squirrel’s tail
Douglas’s bicycle
the bus’s door
Plural Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun is plural when it names more than one owner.
If a plural noun is regular and ends in -s, add an apostrophe to make it possessive.
Examples:
schools’
snakes’
If a plural noun is irregular and does not end in -s, add an apostrophe and -s to make it possessive.
Examples:
fish’s
women’s