Easy way to remember plural possessives...

[stephanie]

Despite years of grammar, my dc seem as if they've never been taught how to form the possessive plural of nouns. We've done the lessons, reviewed, but the rules seem to be confusing them. Does anyone have a unique way of teaching them, or just a way that sticks?

 

They're starting to confuse me! :001_huh:

[Jen500]

I could also use some ideas.

[VaKim]

I just taught mine that if the plural noun ends in s (dogs, horses), just add an apostrophe (dogs', horses'). If it doesn't end in s (men, geese), add an apostrophe and an s (men's, geese's).

 

Some words end in s but are not plural (Jones, boss), so you add an apostrophe and an s, like you always do with singular nouns (Jones's, boss's).

[Luckymama]

I just taught mine that if the plural noun ends in s (dogs, horses), just add an apostrophe (dogs', horses'). If it doesn't end in s (men, geese), add an apostrophe and an s (men's, geese's).

Some words end in s but are not plural (Jones, boss), so you add an apostrophe and an s, like you always do with singular nouns (Jones's, boss's).

 

This is what I have taught. We also play a game I call "spot the possessive error" in advertising etc. My older daughter is a grammar fanatic and gets really worked up when she finds an error :D