Understanding Plural and Possessive Forms in English

Learn the distinction between plural (-s) and possessive (-'s) forms in English nouns through examples and explanations. Discover how to form plurals, show possession, and distinguish between plural and possessive usage in sentences.

• English grammar
• Plural forms
• Possessive forms
• Nouns
• Language skills

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1. Possessive Possessive s s

2. Do you know the difference between plural -s and possessive s? ship s flag the flag belongs to the ship ships more than one ship

3. Plural - s A noun names a person, place, idea, thing or feeling. seas clouds fellow-rover call I must go down to the seas again. a windy day with the white clouds flying. a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover. for the callof the running tide Plurals Which of the four nouns are plural? Where in the poem are these nouns used? If there is more than one of the noun we say it is plural. We often show a noun is plural by adding an s.

4. Possessive s To show possession we add s to the end of the noun. wheel wind sail gull whale the wheel s kick the wind ssong the white sail s shaking the gull s way the whale s way kick song shaking way way Possession means that something is owned by the noun. The s goes at the end of the noun.

5. Plural -s and possessive - s The white clouds were flying. The white cloud s were flying. Plural - add s Possessive - add s The winds song was calling. The wind s song was calling. Which sentence is correct in each pair?

6. Plural Possessive - s If the noun already ends in s because it is plural add to the end of that noun. wolf wolf wolves wolf wolves the wolf s fangs the wolves fangs the wolf s blood the wolves blood The goes at the end of the noun. wolves If we added another s to a plural noun it would be hard to say!

7. Plural Possessive - s ANSWERS The fangs which belonged to one wolf were bared at the doe. The wolves fangs were bared at the doe. The fangs which belonged to all of the wolves were bared at the doe. The wolf s fangs were bared at the doe. The branches which belonged to one tree had wolves sheltering underneath. The wolves sheltered under the tree sbranches. The branches which belonged to several trees had wolves sheltering underneath. The wolves sheltered under the trees branches. Match the punctuation to the description.

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