Possessive Nouns Activity and Answer Keys

2. Can you find the NOUN in
each sentence that should be
?

3. 1. The Pilgrims ship was uncomfortable.

4. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.

5. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person compliment is a
valuable gift.

6. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.

7. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark class has a great website.

8. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.

9. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class teacher was very young.

10. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.

11. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony rider was too heavy.

12. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.

13. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother attitude got him in
trouble.

14. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.

15. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama report card was
wonderful.

16. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.

17. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies nursery had five beds.

18. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.

19. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.
9. We were proud of Lans performance.

20. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.
9. We were proud of Lans’ performance.

21. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.
9. We were proud of Lans’ performance.
10. The boys outfits were exactly the same.

22. 1. The Pilgrims’ ship was uncomfortable.
2. A sincere person’s compliment is a
valuable gift.
3. Mr. Stark’s class has a great website.
4. The class’ teacher was very young.
5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.
6. Your brother’s attitude got him in
trouble.
7. My friend, Osama’s report card was
wonderful.
8. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.
9. We were proud of Lans’ performance.
10. The boys’ outfits were exactly the same.

24. PRACTICE (page 87)
1. Wilma Rudolph’s
2. era’s
3. illness’s
4. Wilma’s
daughter’s
5. doctors’
6. segregation’s
7. mother’s
9. girls’
10. legs’
11. athlete’s
12. world’s
13. champion’s
town’s
14. women’s
15. youths’

25. APPLY (page 88)
16. Many athletes’ biographies include
stories of their triumphs over physical
problems.
17. Tom Dolan’s strong swimming earned
him gold medals in the 1996 and 2000
Olympics.
18. An abnormally narrow windpipe
provides Dolan with air at only 20
percent of a normal windpipe’s capacity.

26. 19. Dolan’s condition only made him
train harder.
20. This swimmer’s persistence brought
him a world record and a gold medal in
the men’s 400-meter individual medley.

27. REINFORCE (page 88)
Singular Nouns
21. family
22. disease
Plural Nouns
23. athletes
24. sports
25. children
26. women
Possessive Forms
family’s
disease’s
Possessive Forms
athletes’
sports’
children’s
women’s