Possessive nouns indicate ownership or a relationship between two nouns, with an apostrophe added to the end of the singular noun or after the plural if it does not already end in "s". For plural nouns ending in "s", only an apostrophe is added after the "s" to form the possessive. Possessive nouns can also be used to relate something to a time frame rather than ownership.

1. English Grammar Possessive Nouns

2. What is ‘possessive’? The word ‘possessive’ comes from the word ‘possess’. To possess something is to own something. So, a noun that is possessive shows that it owns something else.

3. × The boy s The boys s ’ ’ But this looks funny! {

4. The child s The children s ’ ’ This looks okay  {

5. × The lady s The ladies s ’ ’ This looks funny too! {

6. × Mr Jones s ’ Also looks funny! { What about names that end with s ?

7. All in a day’s work. There are other ways to use it too! Consider the following statement: Does the day own the work?! I know now… We can use possessive nouns to relate something to a time frame.