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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
POSSESSIVE NOUNS
POSSESSIVE
NOUN
' S
Shows
belongings
CONDITION EXAMPLE
Possessives can show a family Michele Obama is the President’s wife.
relationship.
Names ending in the letter “s” are a little The party is at Charles’s house.
different. You can either just add the James’ wedding is next week.
apostrophe or you can add an
apostrophe and “s”. Adding the
apostrophe and “s” is more common.
Possessives can also refer to restaurants, Let’s go to Pasquale’s for lunch.
stores, colleges, and churches. Is St. John’s a Catholic church?
Harvard’s attendance was down last year.
To make hyphenated nouns possessive My father-in-law’s hamburger recipe is
add an apostrophe + “s.” the best
When two nouns are joined but the Mary’s and Michael’s coats are red and
ownership is separate each noun shows black.
possession with an apostrophe + “s.”
If two nouns are joined and the Carol and John’s new car is the latest
possession is the same, the last noun model.
get’s the apostrophe + “s”

