Possessive Noun Worksheet: Identify and Choose the Correct Form!
This worksheet teaches the grammar rule for possessive nouns — adding an apostrophe-s to show ownership, like 'the dog's bone' — by having children choose the correctly formed possessive in each sentence. For five- to seven-year-olds who are already reading simple sentences, this is often their first formal introduction to how punctuation changes a word's meaning rather than just its sound.
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Month 3: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
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Curriculum
- Grammar > Nouns & Grammar
How to use this worksheet
Read each sentence together aloud, pausing at the blank to talk about who or what owns the object being described. Look at the possessive noun options given for that sentence and ask your child to sound out the difference between them, such as 'dogs' versus 'dog's.' Have them circle or write the correct possessive form to complete the sentence. Once finished, reread the full sentence together to confirm it makes sense.
Materials needed
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Write a few of your own simple sentences together that need a possessive noun to be complete.
- 2Look through a book together and find and point out any possessive nouns you spot on the page.
- 3Play a game where you name an object and its owner, like 'the cat's toy,' and your child says it back with the correct possessive form.
- 4Draw a picture of an owned object, like 'Mom's hat' or 'the bird's nest,' and label it with the possessive phrase.
- 5Compare plural words (like 'dogs') to possessive words (like 'dog's') side by side to highlight the difference.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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