ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plural Possessive
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson students will be able to identify and use plural possessive nouns.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Unlawful Possession" by George A. Birmingham
Read the full text of "Unlawful Possession" by Irish clergyman and author George A. Birmingham.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Common, Proper, and Possessive Noun Worksheets
This resource looks at the different classifications of nouns - common, proper, and possessive. These worksheets help students understand the use of each of these different types of nouns.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams
Text of the short story "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams, an American author in the genre of western fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Self Teaching Units: Apostrophes
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.
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.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
U of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Punctuation
Writing center tutorial for how to correctly use various types of punctuation, including the apostrophe in contractions, possessives, and pronouns.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Making Proper Names Plural but Not Possessive
This tutorial explains how to make your last name plural when sending greetings from your entire family (or anytime you are talking about your entire family.) This is a very common grammatical problem, and it is explained clearly here....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Proper Case for Pronouns
Pronoun case is determined by how we use the pronoun in a sentence. There are three ways: subjective, when the pronoun does something; objective, when something is done to our pronoun; and possessive, when our pronoun possesses...
Quia
Quia: Possessive Nouns: Rags to Riches
Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of possessive nouns. Immediate feedback is provided.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Activote German Possessive Adjectives
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an Activote lesson reviewing Possessive Adjectives and going along with chapter 8 content of the textbook Deutsch Aktuell 1.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Plural Forms
A good explanation of Plural Forms for the student. Site also offers a quiz at the end. L.11-12.2b Spelling
English Plus+
Apostrophes With Possessives of More Than One Owner
When to use the apostrophe when more than one person shares the same item, and when similar items are owned individually by different owners. Examples are provided.
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.
University of Calgary
Univ. Of Calgary: Parts of Speech: Personal, Possessive & Indefinite Pronouns
Defines and lists indefinite pronouns. Distinquishes between indefinite pronouns and indefinite adjectives.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Pronoun Cases
This slideshow lesson focuses on pronoun case; it defines pronouns and lists the three cases: subjective, objective, and possessive. It reviews personal and possessive pronouns including lists for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person. It discusses...
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.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Spelling Plurals With S or Es or Other Plurals
Spelling rules and examples for adding -s or -es to make the plural form of a word.
Other
Sandhills Community College: The Apostrophe
A valuable resource for learning about the uses of the apostrophe in English punctuation, including apostrophes with possessive nouns as well as contractions. Provides examples.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 2: Fin Sed Fer: Word Roots #2 Beginner
This lesson plan features the Latin roots FIN = end; SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still; FER = bear, carry, yield, bring. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue....
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Pronoun Types
This slideshow lesson focuses on the the 7 types of pronouns: personal, reflexive, possessive, relative, reciprocal, demonstrative, and indefinite. It includes the definition, sample list of pronouns, and sentence examples for each of them.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apostrophes
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.