This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of apostrophes in forming possessives; it defines apostrophe and lists its purposes. It lists two types of possessives, singular and plural, explains how to form each including the placement of...

Tutorial explores how to use possessive nouns and adjectives correctly.

Possessives show when a noun belongs to someone. It is often indicated with an apostrophe "s", but when words end in "s" only an apostrophe is added.

Learn to use apostrophes to indicate possession, or ownership -- and when not to use them.

This page expains the rules for forming possessive nouns and provides examples.

This site discusses the correct and incorrect usage of apostrophes to show possession with plural nouns.

Designed for elementary students, this Internet viewable slide show explains how to form possessives, then provides practice sentences. At the end are links to an online practice quiz and a printable worksheet.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a possessive pronoun in the context of a sentence.

Five self-correcting quiz questions over possessive pronouns.

This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.

An explanation with examples of possessive nouns and their use of apostrophe.

This site discusses the misuse of the apostrophe, such as using an apostrophe in a word which is a simple plural, now known as "greengrocer's apostrophe", the contraction it/it's, who's/whose, etc. A trend toward dropping the possessive...

This lesson focuses on recognizing and demonstrating the standard use of apostrophes when using both singular and plural. It also provides a practice exercise.

This site discusses the correct and incorrect usage of apostrophes to show possession and examples are provided. Note that links are provided at the bottom of the page for other specific uses of the apostrophe.

Six slides introducing apostrophes and how they can be used properly with singular and plural nouns to show possession.

Possessive plurals have a complicated relationship with apostrophes, but this exercise is here to help you understand it!

This site offers exercises in the sometimes confusing use of plurals of possessives. In each space write "C" if correct, or "I" if incorrect. Then click on "Submit Application" for the answers.

This module explains how to use apostrophes to form possessive nouns and pronouns, provides links to exercises for each new idea, and a link to a post lesson quiz.

This slideshow lesson lists the uses of apostrophes: to show possession, create contractions, and identify missing letters. It explains the rules for each of these uses and provides examples.

This lesson focuses on the use of apostrophes to show possession. It explains when to add apostrophe s, when to add only an apostrophe, how to show joint possession, and how to show possession with compound nouns. It provides examples of...

This site gives a very clear explanation of a gerund and its noun qualities. This resource explains how to use the possessive case with a gerund. A quiz is provided to check understanding of this concept.

This Purdue Online Writing Lab article explains the three uses of the apostrophe.

This resource looks at the three main uses of apostrophes: to take the place of deleted letters; to show possession; and to show plurals of letters, numbers, symbols, abbreviations and words used as words.

Resource explains the three uses of the apostrophe and provides examples. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]