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9 Nouns: Possession

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, learners will be able to:

• define possessive noun
• explain the usage of possessive noun.

Learning Time

We use ‘'s’ to show belonging or possession of a singular noun. We also use it to show
that something or someone is related to another.

Reading Time

Read these sentences. These sentences can also be written as:

1. That house belongs to Teena. That is Teena’s house.

2. That car belongs to Reena. That is Reena’s car.

3. These books belong to Rohit. These are Rohit’s books.

4. I know Sangeeta, she is the I know Sangeeta, she is Monika’s sister.
sister of Monika.

5. The toys of children are lying on Children’s toys are lying on the floor.
the floor.

We add (s’) to the plural nouns ending with ‘s’.

We add (’s) to the irregular plurals.
Examples:

Shirts of men - Men’s shirts

Shirts of boys - Boys’ shirts

Know More

(’) is called apostrophe. It is used to show
possession or belonging.

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