Possessive Nouns

A Possessive Noun shows belonging, or something that is yours or someone else’s.

Examples:    The house that belongs to Diana = Diana’s house

           The car that belongs to James = James’s car

           The book that belongs to Sandhya = Sandhya’s book.

Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns

 For singular possessive nouns, we use an apostrophe (’) before s.

Examples:    The house that belongs to Diana = Diana’s house

           The car that belongs to Ashok = Ashok’s car

For plural possessive nouns, we use an apostrophe (’) after s.

Examples:     The mess of the officers = Officers’ mess

           The class of the students = Students’ class     

Convert the sentence to a possessive noun

Write down a possessive noun for each of these sentences, as shown in the example.

 Example: The house of Vinit.               Vinit’s house

• The pen of Mary.          __________            
• The book of Shankar.       __________
• The phone of Shilpa.        __________
• The computer of Rohan.     __________
• The office of staff.          __________
• The union of workers.       __________
• The classroom of students.    __________
• The playground of children.   __________
• The bat of Sachin.          __________
• The shoes of Rajiv.         __________