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...

As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.

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.

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

Five self-correcting quiz questions over possessive pronouns.

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

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.

Basic information and a follow-up exercise about possessive pronouns and adjectives. Color-coded examples are provided for easy understanding.

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

This article contains rules about the correct way to incorporate possessives into college writing. A link with downloadable practice exercises is included at the end of the lesson.

In this 10-question practice, students write in the correct spelling to form possessives based on the information given. When finished, check answers with answer key. Java is required.

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

Get a better understanding of possessive pronouns with definitions, examples, lists, antecedents, and a five-question quiz.

This quiz asks students to type in the correct spelling of the plural or possessive as directed and to capitalize any proper nouns. Links are provided to a quiz list, tutorials for plurals and possessives, and the "Guide to Grammar and...

This site is a lesson on possessive adjectives.An adequate number of examples enhance the explanation. The student can test his mastery of the grammar principle with a short quiz at the end of the lesson.

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...

Take a look at examples of possessive nouns, both singular and plural.

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

A screencast lesson [5:41] explaining how possessive pronouns are used with gerunds and gerund phrases.

An explanation of possessive pronouns along with examples and example sentences. Includes a short quiz at the end.

Notes and links to printouts on possessive pronouns.

Create eight possessive pronouns and choose the correct possessive pronoun for each of eight different sentences in this exercise.

Two practice sheets asking students to choose the correct possessive pronoun to complete each sentence.

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...