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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Bracken Business Communications: Plurals & Possessives[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PDF article "Bracken Business Communications: Plurals and Possessives" expaining the rules and exceptions for forming plural and possessive nouns and providing examples of each.
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English Plus+

Plural Possessives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the correct and incorrect usage of apostrophes to show possession with plural nouns.
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Article
Other

Possessives

For Students 11th - 12th
This article contains rules about the correct way to incorporate possessives into college writing. A link with downloadable practice exercises is included at the end of the lesson.
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English Plus+

Grammar Slammer's Apostrophes Showing Possession

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the correct and incorrect usage of apostrophes to show possession and examples are provided. Note that links are provided at the bottom of the page for other specific uses of the apostrophe.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: William Strunk on the Possessive Singular

For Students 9th - 10th
William Strunk Jr.'s "Elements of Style" on the creation of possessive singular nouns. Provided by Bartleby.com
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Irregular Plurals of Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A chart containing information on how to form plurals with irregular nouns, and two exercises to practice the skills learned in the chart.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Noun Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn more about different types of nouns. Video lessons and reinforcement worksheets are provided for the following: singular nouns, plural nouns, plural possessive nouns, common nouns, and proper...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This page focuses on nouns including definitions, types of nouns (person, place, thing/idea), common vs proper nouns, types of common nouns (concrete, abstract, collective), nouns as subjects, nouns as objects, nouns as subjective and...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Spelling Plurals With S or Es or Other Plurals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Spelling rules and examples for adding -s or -es to make the plural form of a word.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Cases of Nouns and Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this writing and grammar tutorial, learn how to distinguish and use nouns and pronouns in English and whether they are subjective, nominative, possessive, or objective.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Compound Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this extensive website focused on compound words. Find out how they are used in writing. Don't miss out on this informative site.
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Other

Grammar quizzes.com: Possessive Nouns: Indicating Possession

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A series of carts containing rules and examples of possessives including singular and plural common nouns, proper nouns, inanimate nouns, days and holidays, and numbers and letters. A fourteen-question practice exercise follows the...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Funky Plurals Challenge Board

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive Jeopardy-style game for one or two players. Students answer questions by typing the plural forms of the nouns provided in the following categories: Plurals-Latin Words, Plurals-Greek Words, Plurals-Y Words, Plurals-O...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Wordstudy Unit 1 Plurals Rules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Two interactive activities dealing with rules for making regular nouns plural. The first is a series of flashcards with the situation on one side and the rule for making that type of word plural on the other. After studying the rules,...
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Other

Grammar quizzes.com: Regular Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A series of illustrated charts showing singular and plural forms of different types of regular plural nouns followed by twenty-two questions where students choose the correct plural form of each noun.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise Plurals & Possessives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers exercises in the sometimes confusing use of plurals of possessives. In each space write "C" if correct, or "I" if incorrect. Then click on "Submit Application" for the answers.
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Other

Grammar quizzes.com: Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A series of illustrated charts showing singular and plural forms of different types of irregular plural nouns followed by fifteen questions where students choose the correct plural form of each noun.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: The Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the three uses for apostrophes: forming possessives of nouns, forming plurals of lowercase letters, and showing omission of letters and provides examples of each.
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Handout
Get It Write

Get It Write: Making Proper Names Plural but Not Possessive

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial explains how to make your last name plural when sending greetings from your entire family (or anytime you are talking about your entire family.) This is a very common grammatical problem, and it is explained clearly here....
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TES Global

Blendspace: Grace's Blend

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This fourteen-part learning module provides assorted activities for nouns. This blendspace provides reproducible resources, including video lessons and worksheets, for possessive nouns, plural nouns, possessive nouns, concrete nouns, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Apostrophes and Plurals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apostrophes are generally not used to form English plurals, but there are a few exceptions.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Possessives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on recognizing and demonstrating the standard use of apostrophes when using both singular and plural. It also provides a practice exercise.
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 2nd Grade Lesson Plans for Forming Possessives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Possessive

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn to use apostrophes to indicate possession, or ownership -- and when not to use them.

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