Possessive Nouns Song Lyrics
VERSE 1:
To possess means to own or have,
I possess my scooter, I possess my hat.
A noun that has or owns something is a
possessive noun.
How do we make one? Let's do it now.
To make nouns possessive, add an
apostrophe,
Looks like a comma flying up top, you see?
So where exactly is an apostrophe found?
It depends on the possessive noun.
Like: Ellie's stickers, my mom's pet goats,
Jess's pride, my coach's cocoa.
Those are singular nouns, just one,
So we put apostrophe "s" after each one.
But the players' raincoats, the goats' barn,
My sisters' bracelets they wear on their arms,
When a plural noun already ends in "s,"
Just add an apostrophe, and you're set.
What if the plural noun doesn't end in "s"?
Like "teeth" or "mice," what should we do next?
Just add an apostrophe "s,"
The mice's whiskers looked the best.
CHORUS:
If a plural noun has an "s" like wallabies,
And they own something, add an apostrophe.
Otherwise add apostrophe "s,"
The bison's horns or the eagle's nest.
If a plural noun has an "s" like wallabies,
And they own something, add an apostrophe.
Otherwise add apostrophe "s,"
The eagle's horns and the bison's nest.
VERSE 2:
Apostrophes make a big difference,
"Yeah, right!" No, really, for instance:
Those mice are my grandpa's.
That means the mice belong to my grandpa.
Those mice are my grandpas'.
That means the mice belong to my two
grandpas.
Those mice are my grandpas.
That means my grandfathers are mice.
Woah! So you better watch what you write,
Or you'll be part rodent by the end of the night.
Now don't use these rules on pronouns,
Don't write: his' or their's, whoa, now!
Possessive pronouns have their possession
built in,
Like those are his fish if they belong to him.
And if a plural noun is not possessive,
Don't add an apostrophe, that almost offensive!
And if a singular noun ends in "s," don't stress,
You can add an apostrophe or apostrophe "s."
So Chris's penguins or Chris' antelope,
You can slice it either way like some
cantaloupe.
CHORUS:
If a plural noun has an "s" like wallabies,
And they own something, add an apostrophe.
Otherwise add apostrophe "s,"
The bison's horns or the eagle's nest.
If a plural noun has an "s" like wallabies,
And they own something, add an apostrophe.
Otherwise add apostrophe "s,"
The eagle's horns and the bison's nest.
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Plural Noun Singular Plural Possessive

Possessive
Basic A plural noun A singular possessive A plural possessive
Grammar is more than noun is a person, noun is more than one
one of a place, or thing that person, place, or
Rule
person, place, owns something. thing that owns
or thing. something.
What do I -s or -es -’s -s’
typically
add?
Example All of the The house’s roof was The students’ grades
instruments painted bright went up this
sound yellow. semester.
beautiful.

Directions: Wherever you see a box, decide whether the word needs an ’s,
an s’, or a plain s. Write your answer in the box.