Title Card

Possessive Nouns

Learning Competency/ies

EN 4G- If – 5
Use possessive nouns
EN4OL – If – 3
Express one’s ideas feelings clearly
1 day

GUIDE CARD
Review:
Read the paragraph about the happiness.

Happiness is two kinds of ice cream.

It is sharing a sandwich and catching a firefly.
Happiness is daytime and nighttime.
It is anyone and anything loved by you.

 What are the underlined words?

 What do you call the underlined words?
 Give an example of compound words.
 Did you already understand our past lesson?

Now, let’s go to our next lesson.

Find out and learn

A. Read the paragraph.

A man wanted to sell his son’s donkey. He needed money for his wife’s medicine who had been sick
for a week. He brought the donkey to the market. First, he went to a friend’s store.
“Could you buy my donkey?”, he asked.
“I’m sorry I have no use for a donkey,” the friend replied.
So, the man went to Francis’ bookshop. “Could you buy my donkey?” he asked.
“No, I have a truck that carries my goods,” Francis said.
Then, he went to an old lady’s pet shop. “Your donkey is too old for a pet,” complained the old
lady.
As the man was looking for somebody to buy his donkey, he met the baker’s wife. “My husband is
looking for a donkey to carry the sacks of flour from the port,” she said. The man went to the barker
and sold his son’s donkey. He said, “Now I have money for my wife’s medicine.”

Answer the questions.

1. What did the man want to sell?
2. What was the money for?
3. What kind of husband was he?
4. Where did the man go first?
5. Where did he go next?
6. Where did he go after the bookshop?
7. Whom did he meet?

B. Read the phrases.

 son’s donkey
wife’s medicine
friend’s store
Francis’ bookshop
old lady’s pet shop
baker’s wife

“These are the phrases that show how to write the possessive form of nouns.”

“What do possessive nouns express?”

“How is the possessive noun expressed?”
“How are possessive nouns written?”

Possessive nouns are used to show possession owning or having

- express ownership or possession

- to make most singular nouns show possession, add an apostrophe s , (‘s ).
Example: The dog’s collar is too large.
- The word “dog’s” is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun “collar” belongs to the dog.
The dog owns, or possesses the collar.
- Add ‘s to the end of a singular noun to make it possessive.
- However for singular nouns that end with –s , add an apostrophe after –s to show possession.
( s’ )

Example : Jess’ toy car is new.

- For plural nouns that end in –s , add an apostrophe after the s to show possession. ( s’ )

Example : My sisters’ names are Lydia and Emy.

Read the phrases / words

Josid’s birthday
Aling Nina’s Sari – sari Store
Lopue’s Department Store

1. Whose birthday today?

2. Whose Sari – sari store is in the corner of the street?
3. Where did you buy your new clothes?

Did you know now about

possessive nouns?
I am glad you do.
 Let’s now do these activities.

Activity card
Activity 1
Write the possessive form of the following.Write your correct answer on your sheet of paper.
1. camp of boy’s scout –
2. pen of writer –
3. net of fisherfolk –
4. chalkboard of the teachers –
5. Bible of priest –

Activity 2
Read and tell
Read each sentence. Change the underlined phrase to show ownership or possession. Write the
correct answer in a one whole sheet of paper.
1. The bike of Khobi was bought by his father.
2. The doll of my sister was a gift from her godmother.
3. The basketball of my cousin got lost yesterday.
4. The toy house of the twins looks exciting.
5. The toy car of Francis is new.

Activity 3
Change the nouns in parenthesis to possessive form to complete the sentences.
Write the complete sentences on your paper.
(nurses) 1. The hospitals bought _______ caps from a medical supplier.
(doctors) 2. The ________ patients were treated with modern medical equipment.
(teacher) 3. The ________ materials include test tubes and burner.
(police officer) 4. The citizens should follow the __________ order.
( scientists ) 5. The __________ inventions made our life comfortable.

Activity 4
Rewrite these sentences changing the underlined words to their possessive forms. Write the correct
answer on your paper.
1. The chairs of the man were arranged in semicircle.
2. The artwork of the girls were neatly arranged.
3. The Science dictionary of Miss Tan was placed in the library.
4. The class will borrow the measuring cups from the teacher.
5. The projects of the pupils will be brought to the library.

ASSESSMENT CARD
Write the correct possessive nouns in the following sentences. Write the letter of the best answer in
your paper.
(cousins) 1. My _________ bicycles were newly painted.
a. cousin’s
b. cousinss’
c. cousins’
d. cousin
( dogs) 2. Rabies is found in the _________ saliva.
a. dog’s
b. dog
c. dogs’
d. doge’s
(Armando) 3. _________photo showed the huge fish he caught.
a. Armandos
b. Armandos’
c. Armando’s
d. Armando
(children) 4. The walls of the _________ ward in the hospital have colorful design.
a. children’s
b. childrens’
c. children
d. childrens’s
(brother) 5. My _________ toy car is a gift from his friend.
a. brother’s
b. brothers’
c. brothers
d. brothere’s
6. Which sentence shows the correct expression of possessive nouns?
a. The goddess’ stick turned into a tail
b. The goddes’s stick turned into tail.
c. The goddess stick turned into a tail.
d. The goddesse’s stick turned into a tail.
7. What is the correct possessive form for the underlined phrases in this sentence. The
back of the camel was painful.
a. camel’s back
b. camels’ back
c. cameles’ back
d. camels back
8. In the sentence, “Your brother attitude got him in trouble”. Which of the following is
the correct possessive noun of the underlined phrase?
a. brothers’ attitude
b. brothers attitude
c. brother’s attitude
d. brotheres’ attitude
9. Which sentence shows the correct possessive nouns?
a. The little babies’ nursery had five beds.
b. The little babie’s nursery had five beds.
c. The little baby’s nursery had five beds.
d. The little babys’ nursery had five beds.
10. In the phrase “License of driver”, what is the correct possessive form?
a. drivers’ license
b. driver’s license
c. drivers license
d. driver license
 ENRICHMENT CARD

Write the correct possessive form of the given noun in the blank.
It will be ( birthday of Mika ) _________ next Saturday. Her parents are preparing a party for
her. Mother ordered the birthday cake at ( the bakeshope of Agnes ) ___________. She has the
invitations printed at ( the Print House of Macy ) ___________.
She will be preparing ( favorite of Mika ) ____________ party food. Meanwhile, Father bought
some pink and white balloons at ( the Toy Balloons of Coco ) ____________. All of the (friends of the
children) ____________ are invited. Mika cannot seem to wait for Saturday. She is very excited.

ANSWER CARD
Activity 1

1. Boys’ scout camp

2. Writer’s pen
3. fisherfolk’s net
4. teachers’ chalkboard
5. priest’s bible

Activity 2

1. Khobi’s bike was bought by his father.

2. My sister’s doll was a gift from her godmother.
3. My cousin’s basketball got lost yesterday.
4. The twins’ toy house looks exciting.
5. Francis toy car is new.

Activity 3

1. The hospitals bought nurses’ caps from a medical supplier.

2. The doctors’ patients were treated with modern medical equipment.
3. The teacher’s materials include test tubes and burner.
4. The citizens should follow the police officer’s order.
5. The scientists inventions made our life comfortable.

Activity 4
1. The men’s chairs were arranged in semicircle.
2. The girls artwork were neatly arranged.
3. Miss Tan’s Science dictionary was placed in the library.
4. The class will borrow the teacher’s measuring cups.
5. The pupils’ projects will be brought to the library.

Assessment Card
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. B
Enrichment Card

Write the correct possessive form of the given noun in the blank.
It will be Mika’s birthday next Saturday. Her parents are preparing a party for her. Mother
ordered the birthday cake at Agne’s bakeshop.She has the invitations printed at Macy’s Print House.
She will be preparing Mika’s favorite party food. Meanwhile, Father bought some pink and
white balloons at Coco’s Toy Balloons. All of the children’s friends are invited. Mika cannot seem to
wait for Saturday. She is very excited.

References
(Grace U. Rabelas, Victoria D. Mangaser, Lilibeth A. Magtang, Rose Ann b. Pamintuan 2015, 57-59)
(Ms. Gretel Laura M. Cadiong, Valeria Fides G. Corteza, Ma. Rita Teresa V. Rinosa, Rosalina B. Mejoroda 2015, 69)