Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

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Possessive Nouns
Nouns

A possessive noun shows ownership. It shows that a thing belongs to someone or something. Apostrophes are used to show the possessive case. Possessive nouns may be singular or plural.

✵ To write the possessive form of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and -s.

Example: a cell phone that belongs to Cara—Cara’s cell phone

More examples: Joni’s gloves, James’s pen, the hamster’s cage, New Jersey’s beaches

✵ To write the possessive form of a plural noun that ends in -s, add an apostrophe after the -s.

Example: the bikes of the students—the students’ bikes

More examples: the puppies’ bed, the boys’ basketball team, the Smiths’ boat

✵ To write the possessive form of a plural noun that does not end in -s, add an apostrophe and -s.

Example: the coats of the children—the children’s coats

More examples: the women’s ski team, the mice’s nest, the oxen’s plow

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Most Batman fans know that Bruce Wayne is Batman. What were the names of Bruce Wayne’s parents?

To answer the question, match each singular noun with its called for singular possessive or plural possessive form. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its line number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.