Singular vs. plural possessives worksheets
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One owner: apostrophe before the s (the dog's bowl). Many owners: apostrophe after the s (the dogs' bowls). Irregular plurals act like singles: the children's books.
Three grades, one set of sentences: all three print from the same 40. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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3rd grade
Third graders choose between singular and plural possessives, L.3.2.d, counting the owners in each sentence and writing the correctly-apostrophed form.
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4th grade Core grade
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Fourth graders place apostrophes automatically in both regular forms and handle the irregular plurals (children's, men's, women's) that break the pattern.
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5th grade
Fifth graders apply the full system in their own writing, where the teachers' lounge and the team's mascot stop losing points.
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