Possessive noun

/pəzˈɛsɪv nˈaʊn/

Possessive noun

a noun that shows ownership or possession of something, typically formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" ('s) to the noun, or just an apostrophe ('), depending on the grammatical context

Examples

1. so let's review what we've learned possessive nouns show ownership or possession to make a noun possessive we add an apostrophe and an s if the noun is a regular plural with an s at the end we just add the apostrophe remember if a singular noun ends with an s we usually just add an apostrophe and also remember to always be clever

2. hi i'm ashley and this is mia today we'll learn about possessive pronouns let's go first off let's take a moment to review some of what we've learned so far nouns are words that represent a person place thing or idea dog is an example of a noun possessive nouns show ownership for example the dog's bone this time we see that the bone belongs to the dog pronouns are words that take the place of nouns a pronoun that could be used in place of dog is it

3. okay here's our last practice together trevor's big sister has a new ipad whose sister his sister his is the possessive pronoun replacing trevor what possessive pronoun can we use to tell who the ipad belongs to the ipad is hers excellent in review remember that possessive pronouns are words that take the place of possessive nouns or pronouns showing ownership practice your new learning who's learning yours practice what you've learned with our online games and quizzes and remember to always be clever