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Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
Flashcards is an interactive version of flashcards; one side of the card has a noun and the other has the possessive form of the noun. Students just click on the card to see the other side.
English Plus+
Grammar Slammer's Apostrophes Showing Possession
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.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 2nd Grade Lesson Plans for Forming Possessives
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Bracken Business Communications: Plurals & Possessives[pdf]
This is the PDF article "Bracken Business Communications: Plurals and Possessives" expaining the rules and exceptions for forming plural and possessive nouns and providing examples of each.
Other
Possessive Nouns Rules and Practice
Use these handy rules to help how to create a possessive form.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Apostrophes
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.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Possessive Pronoun and Apostrophe
This Purdue Online Writing Lab article explains the three uses of the apostrophe.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Plurals and Spelling Rules
The rules for spelling plural words and using them properly in English are made fun and easy with this BBC Skillswise worksheet for students.
Other
Grammar quizzes.com: Possessive Nouns: Indicating Possession
A series of carts containing rules and examples of possessives including singular and plural common nouns, proper nouns, inanimate nouns, days and holidays, and numbers and letters. A fourteen-question practice exercise follows the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Possessive Perfection
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the rules for singular, plural and irregular possessives. Students are given an opportunity to identify and create correct possessive forms.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Cases of Nouns and Pronouns
In this writing and grammar tutorial, learn how to distinguish and use nouns and pronouns in English and whether they are subjective, nominative, possessive, or objective.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Apostrophes and Plurals
Apostrophes are generally not used to form English plurals, but there are a few exceptions.
Other
Bellevue Community College: Apostrophes [Pdf]
Resource explains the three uses of the apostrophe and provides examples. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Irregular Plurals of Nouns
A chart containing information on how to form plurals with irregular nouns, and two exercises to practice the skills learned in the chart.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Compound Words
Check out this extensive website focused on compound words. Find out how they are used in writing. Don't miss out on this informative site.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Apostrophes
Discusses the two main functions of apostrophes: contractions and forming possessives.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Singular and Plural Nouns
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simple flipchart exercise that will help children identify proper spellings of plural nouns.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: The Apostrophe
This site focuses on the three uses for apostrophes: forming possessives of nouns, forming plurals of lowercase letters, and showing omission of letters and provides examples of each.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Possesives Examples
Resource provides an explanation and examples of possessive nouns.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Plurals
[Free Registration/Login Required] Created by Robin Duggins, Second grade language arts supplement to lesson and rules for plural words.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Nouns
Three interactive activities with plural and singular nouns. The first is a series of flashcards for students to see the singular form of a noun on one side and the plural form of the same noun on the other. The second is a matching game...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Grammar: Plural Noun Forms Quiz
A brief list of rules to follow when writing the plural form of regular nouns followed by a quiz with fifteen questions. Each question asks students to choose the correct plural form of the noun provided. When finished, the student's...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Rules for Finding and Fixing Apostrophe Errors
Rules and examples to demonstrate proper use of apostrophes to show possession, form contractions, and make irregular plurals.
Other
Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Apostrophes
What is an apostrophe and how is it used properly in punctuation? "Punctuation Made Simple," gives some concrete examples for apostrophe use.