At Home: Have your child use a possessive noun to write a
sentence describing a family member’s possessions. Farfallina and Marcel • Book 2.1/ Unit 2 41 Grammar Name Possessive Nouns
• Add an apostrophe to most plural nouns to make
them possessive. The animals’ barn is red. • Add an apostrophe (’) and -s to plural nouns that do not end in s. The children’s trip to the farm was fun.
Underline the correct plural possessive noun in ().
Rewrite the sentence on the line below. 1. I found several (birds’/bird’s) nests in our yard.
2. The (squirrel’s/squirrels’) tails are bushy.
3. The (bear’s/bears’) bodies are very big.
4. The (mice’s/mices’) noses twitch when they smell a cat.
5. The (dog’s/dogs’) owners are training their pets.
At Home: Have your child write phrases using both the
singular and plural form of a noun. Farfallina and Marcel • Book 2.1/ Unit 2 43 Grammar Name Proofreading
• Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun
possessive. • Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive.
Circle each mistake. Rewrite the passage correctly on
the lines below. A frogs eggs are called egg spawn. The eggs shells protect the egg spawn. Soon the eggs hatch. Tadpoles come out. The new tadpoles tails are very long. Did you know that tadpoles eat frogs eggs?
At Home: Ask your child to use plurals and possessives to
There’s Nothing Like Baseball • 48 write two sentences about a visit to the doctor. Book 2.1/ Unit 2 Grammar Name Proofreading
• Add an apostrophe and -s to make a singular noun
possessive. • Add an apostrophe to make most plural nouns possessive. • Do not add an apostrophe to form a plural noun. • Use commas to separate three or more words in a series.
Find each mistake with plurals,
possessives, and commas. Rewrite the passage correctly on the lines below.
At Ellas school, students choices for sports are tennis