Get It Write
Get It Write: Possessives: The Issue of Ownership
Are you confused about how to express separate or joint ownership? This tutorial offers examples and explanations about which constructions are correct. A brief quiz checks your understanding.
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Possessive Adjectives/determiners
This site from the Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of the possessive adjectives/determiners, with usage examples (written and audio) and interactive practice exercises.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise Plurals & Possessives
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.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
Flashcards is an interactive version of flashcards; one side of the card has a noun and the other has the possessive form of the noun. Students just click on the card to see the other side.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
This matching game asks students to match singular and possessive nouns with their plural forms. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
This matching game has students match the singular and plural possessive nouns to their plural forms while remembering the location of each pair. Java is required.
English Zone
English Zone: Basic Possessives 1
This site offers a 10 question quiz in with fill-in-the blank statements and three choices of possessive noun spellings. Make your choice and find out the correct answer.
Other
Possessive Nouns Rules and Practice
Use these handy rules to help how to create a possessive form.
Google
Debbie Candau: Possessive Pronouns
Practice using possessive pronouns by circling all of the pronouns that fit correctly into the blank in each sentence.
Other
Adele's Esl Corner: Possessive Pronouns
Replace the possessive nouns in each sentence with the appropriate possessive pronoun.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Possessive Pronouns
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students to understand the correct use and spelling of possessive pronouns.
Quia
Quia: Possessive Pronoun Jeopardy
Choose the correct possessive pronoun to complete each sentence as you complete against another player in this Jeopardy-style game.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Proper Case of Pronouns | No Nonsense Grammar
Pronoun case is determined by how we use the pronoun in a sentence. There are three ways: subjective, when the pronoun does something; objective, when something is done to our pronoun; and possessive, when our pronoun possesses something.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Possessive Pronoun and Apostrophe
This Purdue Online Writing Lab article explains the three uses of the apostrophe.
Language Guide
Language Guide: La Posesion
A basic explanation of pronouns used to show possession. Examples are interactive audio files for modeling correct pronunciation. A link to a practice quiz is provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apostrophe Guidelines for Possessives
This lesson explains the use of apostrophes to form possessives.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Match It: Sentence Game: Plurals and Possessives
Fill in the blanks in seven sentences by matching the plural or possessive noun that completes each sentence.
Other
English Grammar 101: Possessive Nouns
Online grammar lesson gives an explanation of possessive nouns with follow-up practice exercises. Immediate feedback is provided.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Possessive Noun Quiz
In this Possessive Noun Quiz students read a sentence and choose the correct spelling of the possessive noun that fits in the blank. There are 12 questions in this quiz.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
Match singular and possessive nouns with their plural forms in this click and match game. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
Flashcards offers an electronic version of flashcards to practice singular and plural possessive nouns. On the front of each card is a noun; click on the card to reveal the possessive of that noun.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Parts of Speech: Plural and Possessive Nouns
A tutorial explaining the proper apostrophe use of singular and plural possessive nouns followed by a twenty-question exercise to practice this skill.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sentence Writing Practice: Plurals and Possessives
Write a sentence containing each of the twenty-four plural and possessive words listed. When finished, create a PDF of the sentences to print and share.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Possessive Perfection
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the rules for singular, plural and irregular possessives. Students are given an opportunity to identify and create correct possessive forms.