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We use apostrophe and an s (’s) after the singular
nouns to make the possessive form.

School’s playground

To make the possessive form when there are 2
names linked by “and”, we put an ’s after the
second name only.

This is Raju and Navneet’s cricket bat.

The possessive
form of a noun Sometimes we have two possessive forms with ’s

shows who together, one after the other.
owns what. This is Mohan’s brother’s ball.
POSSESSIVE

NOUN We use apostrophe and an s (’s) after the plural

nouns that do not end in an s.
The children’s rooms are always colourful.

We just put an apostrophe after plural nouns that
end in s (s’)
The pupils’ desks are arranged in rows..

With proper nouns that end in s, we make the
possessive form in two ways.
This is James’s house./This is James’ house.