Language Arts Possessive Nouns

Educator Information and Extension Activities

Directions

This document contains practice pages Activities include the following:

and extension activities. Students can use
the pages to practice identifying, sorting, ● Possessive Noun Anchor Chart
● Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
and generating singular and plural
Cut and Sort Worksheet
possessive nouns.
● Possessive Noun Memory Game
● Underline and Label to identify
There are multiple facets of each part of
possessive nouns in sentences
speech introduced at appropriate points ● Fill in the Blank and make sentences
on the Learning Path. Nouns have with possessive Nouns
already been introduced and practiced, ● Answer Keys
so at this point students should be ready
to classify types of nouns. Notebooking or Mini Office

These activities should be played and Visuals are an excellent means of learning
reviewed multiple times to reinforce the reinforcement. Consider having your student
keep a Grammar Notebook or use file folders
skills. The main objectives of the activities
to create a mini-office. Print the Possessive
are for students to do the following:
Nouns Anchor Chart included in this
document and paste it into your Grammar
● Reinforce recognition of possessive
Notebook or mini-office for a visual
nouns in context
reference.
● Identify singular possessive plural
nouns in and out of context
Family Learning = Joyful Learning
● Identify plural possessive nouns in and
out of context Joyful learning is an organic result when the
● Reinforce the skill of turning singular whole family is involved. Mount a whiteboard
and plural nouns into possessive and whiteboard markers somewhere
nouns everyone will see. If it’s helpful, give each
● Encourage joyful family learning family member their own color marker.
Encourage your family members to add
Suggested Gold/$coops nouns to the board as they encounter them
throughout their daily reading and
Using the reward function on the first tab of
conversations. Review them at the end of the
your parent account, you may wish to award
week. Use them in sentences.
Gold/$coops for extension activities and/or
Search for possessive nouns as your student
accomplishments completed outside the
reads or you read aloud to them. Encourage
website. Upon successful completion of the
your student to write them in a Grammar
suggested activities listed to the right, we
Notebook.
recommend the following:

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 Possessive Nouns Anchor Chart
An apostrophe is a type
Possessive nouns of punctuation often
show ownership used to show ownership
over something. or possession.

Rule Noun Possessive Noun

Singular nouns: brother brother’s

add an apostrophe and
monkey monkey’s
the letter “s”
Mia Mia’s
’s Benji Benji’s

Plural nouns ending

in s: kids kids’
just add an apostrophe ladies ladies’
animals animals’

’ superheroes superheroes’

Plural nouns that do

not end in s: children children’s
add an apostrophe and geese geese’s
the letter “s” oxen oxen’s

’s men men’s

Singular nouns that

end with s:
add an apostrophe and Marcus Marcus’ or Marcus’s
the letter “s” Texas Texas’ or Texas’s
OR Jones Jones’ or Jones’s
just add an apostrophe circus circus’ or circus’s

’s or ’
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 Possessive Nouns Sort
-Word List-
Print this page and cut out the nouns. Print the
following word sort page. Sort the nouns into the
proper columns. The blank cards are for you to write
your own nouns! Try to make 3 that are possessive.

toys Mia’s bunnies

baby’s men’s Noah

bees’ flower Andrew’s

everyone’s Emma ashes

James’ wolves moms’

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 Plural Nouns Sort
Chart
Nouns Possessive Nouns

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 Possessive Noun Memory Game
● Print and cut out the Word Squares on the next page.
● Practice making the nouns possessive over their object below.
● Turn all the Word Squares upside down and play a memory
game. You have a match when you turn over the Square from
the list below on the left column that has possession over the
Square beside it in the right column.
● Say the rule for what was added to make the noun
possessive out loud.

children__ toybox

lady__ ring
Matches practice

monkey__ banana

babies__ sandbox

turtle__ shell

sharks__ teeth

day__ work

circus__ animals

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 Possessive Noun Memory Game
Word Squares
Print on cardstock.
Cut out the squares. Mix them up.
Put them face down on the ground.

children’s monkey’s babies’ turtle’s

lady’s toybox ring banana

sharks’ sandbox shell teeth

day’s work circus’ animals

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 Underline and Label
Underline the possessive nouns.
Circle what the noun owns or possesses.

1. My sister’s cat is grey.

2. The lady’s jewels are shiny.

3. The kids’ artwork is on the wall.

4. The fox’s den is hidden.

5. My mom’s cookies are the best!

6. The book’s theme was to never give up.

7. Megan’s ferrets are always misbehaving.

8. Baah. The sheep’s wool was black.

9. The mice’s home was in the wall.

10. Mia’s painting was a masterpiece.

11. Alexis’ friend sent her a present.

12. The chickens’ eggs all hatched.

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 Fill in the blanks
Use the noun word bank to fill in the blanks with a possessive noun.

1. The ________ lettuce was stolen from the

garden.

2. The ________ gifts were handmade.

3. Oh no! ________ dress fell in the mud.

4. My ________ napkins match her plates.

5. _________ brother is his twin.

6. ____________ favorite food must be pizza!

7. The __________ song was beautiful.

8. The ______________ practice was rained out.

Word Bank
Everyone Sophia
mom James
elves bunnies
players singer

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 Sentence Making
Use the directions below and write sentences using
possessive nouns. Write in your Grammar Notebook or
on this page.

Write a sentence about the baby that belongs to the mother.

Write a sentence about the lunch that belongs to Mason.

Write a sentence about the leaves that belong to the trees.

Write a sentence about the playground that belongs to the children.

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