Singular and Regular Possessive Nouns
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Join Pip and Koko on the baseball field as they use possessive nouns to return lost items to their owners!
Transcript Singular and Regular Possessive Nouns
Pip and Koko had a blast watching the Mighty Mermaids play! But on the way out, Pip realized he lost his lucky hat! So, the pair headed to the Lost and Found in hopes that someone turned it in. "Hmm, I recognize a lot of this stuff and know who it belongs to! Pip, do you think we could label the lost items and return them to their owners?" "I think that's a great idea, Koko. But how do we show belonging?" Let's help Pip and Koko by learning about "Singular Possessive Nouns (Regular)". You may remember that words do different jobs in a sentence. One of these jobs is called a noun. Nouns are words that name people, animals, places, and things. Did you know that we can show when something belongs to a noun, like a cap to a pitcher? We can show this by adding an apostrophe S to the end of the singular noun, the pitcher. That means it becomes 'the pitcher's cap'. When we add the apostrophe S to make 'pitcher's', we call it a singular possessive noun. The word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it. By adding an apostrophe S to the end of a noun, we turn a noun into a possessive one! Let's help Pip and Koko do the same by labeling who these things belong to! Pip knows that this bat belongs to the batter. We know that the batter is a noun because he is an animal. To write 'the batter' as a possessive noun, we need to add an apostrophe S here, at the end of the word, to show belonging. Now we can add the label that says, 'The batter's bat', which tells us who the bat belongs to! Koko knows that this mitt belongs to the catcher. We know that the catcher is a noun because it is an animal. Now it's your turn. How can you change the catcher into a possessive noun to show the mitt belongs to it? Add an apostrophe S to the end of the catcher and write, 'The catcher's mitt'. Now we can add this label on the mitt, which tells us who the mitt belongs to! As Pip and Koko return the lost items to their owners, let's remember! Today we learned about singular possessive nouns, which happen when one person, animal, place, or thing has ownership or belonging of something else. To make a singular noun possessive, add an apostrophe and the letter S to the end of the word. "I'm glad we were able to give everyone back their things." "Me too, Koko. Once we return the pitcher's cap, everything will be found except my lucky hat." . "My lucky hat! That's my lucky hat!!" "I knew something didn't look right during the game today! Bertha, this MUST belong to you!"
Singular and Regular Possessive Nouns exercise
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Match the nouns to the singular possessive nouns from the words below.
HintsThe word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it.
One player will swing the bat, while the other player's glove rests in her hand. Player is a noun, players is a plural noun, and player's is a singular possessive noun.
SolutionTo write each word a possessive noun, we need to add an apostrophe "S" ('s) at the end of the word, to show belonging.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct noun and singular possessive noun.
HintsAdding an apostrophe "s" ('s) after a noun shows possession.
Whose party is it?
It's Taylyn's party.
SolutionSince the party belongs to Princess Taylyn, there is an apostrophe "s" ('s) after her name in the first blank to show ownership.
Princess Joana rode her unicorn to Princess Taylyn's party. Even though she was running late, she was excited to see Taylyn.
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Can you correctly identify the nouns?
HintsThe word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it. By adding an apostrophe "s" ('s) to the end of a noun, we turn a noun into a possessive one!
For example: Harry wore Tom's hat.
In this sentence we would highlight Harry green because it is a noun and then Tom's blue because it is a singular possessive noun.
SolutionThe noun that should be highlighted green is: Kylan.
The possessive nouns that should be highlighted blue are: Kylan's, Taylor's, cat's.Taylor returned Kylan's sweater this morning. When Kylan looked at it, there was hair all over it. Taylor's cat had been wearing it! Disappointed, Kylan placed it back in the bag. That's Taylor's cat's sweater now.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
HintsThe word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it. By adding an apostrophe "s" ('s) to the end of a noun, we turn a noun into a possessive one!
Blaze's best friend was Raven, and Raven's best friend was Blaze.
SolutionBlaze is Raven's robot and best friend, so we use an apostrophe "s" ('s) to show ownership. Raven oiled and cleaned Blaze's arms, legs, wheels, and they belong to Blaze, so we use an apostrophe "s" ('s) to show belonging.
Raven's robot, Blaze, had a yellow body and big eyes. They walked together in the factory and played in the tool box. Blaze was Raven's best friend. At night, Raven oiled Blaze's arms and legs and cleaned his wheels.
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Which word is the singular possessive noun?
HintsThe word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it. By adding an apostrophe "s" ('s) to the end of a noun, we turn a noun into a possessive one!
Whose cap is it?
SolutionThe hat belongs to the pitcher, so we add an apostrophe "s" ('s) at the end to show ownership and possession.
The pitcher's cap. Pitcher's was the word that needed highlighting.
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Rephrase the sentence below using a singular possessive noun.
HintsUse an apostrophe "s" ('s) to show the ball belongs to the dog.
An example of a singular possessive noun used correctly is: The girl's sweater.
SolutionThe dog's ball is the ball that belongs to the dog. It's like saying "the ball of the dog," but we can make it easier by saying "the dog's ball".
