Final Answer:
A. Underline the possessive noun in each sentence:
1. The
king’s palace is beautiful.
2. The
palace’s garden has many flowers.
3. The
flowers’ sweet smell fills the air.
4. The
trees’ branches shade the garden paths.
5. The
gardener’s tools are well-oiled and sharp.
6. People listen to the
birds’ songs.
7. The
singers’ voices are very beautiful.
8. The
diamond reflects the sun’s rays. *(Note: “diamond” is not possessive here — see explanation below)*
9. The
diamond’s light fills the palace.
10.
Visitors’ eyes open wide when they see all the colors.
B. Singular possessive nouns from Part A:
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. gardener’s
4. bird’s *(from “birds’” — but note: “birds’” is plural; singular would be “bird’s”, though not in original list — see correction below)*
5. diamond’s
Wait — let’s carefully re-express based *only* on sentences that actually contain singular possessive nouns:
Singular possessive = one owner, with apostrophe + s (e.g., king’s, palace’s, gardener’s, diamond’s).
Plural possessive = more than one owner, with apostrophe after s (e.g., flowers’, trees’, birds’, singers’, visitors’).
From Part A:
- 1. king’s → singular
- 2. palace’s → singular
- 3. flowers’ → plural
- 4. trees’ → plural
- 5. gardener’s → singular
- 6. birds’ → plural
- 7. singers’ → plural
- 8. *no possessive* — “diamond” is subject, not possessive
- 9. diamond’s → singular
- 10. visitors’ → plural
So singular possessive nouns are:
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. gardener’s
4. diamond’s
(Only 4 — but Part B asks for 5 blanks. Let’s double-check sentence 8: “The diamond reflects the sun’s rays.” → Here,
sun’s is a singular possessive! We missed it.)
Yes! Sentence 8: “sun’s” is singular possessive.
So full list of singular possessive nouns in Part A:
1. king’s (sent. 1)
2. palace’s (sent. 2)
3. gardener’s (sent. 5)
4. sun’s (sent. 8)
5. diamond’s (sent. 9)
Plural possessive nouns (Part C):
1. flowers’ (sent. 3)
2. trees’ (sent. 4)
3. birds’ (sent. 6)
4. singers’ (sent. 7)
5. visitors’ (sent. 10)
Now format final answer cleanly:
A. Underlined (as above — but since we can’t underline in text, we’ll indicate with bold or list):
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. flowers’
4. trees’
5. gardener’s
6. birds’
7. singers’
8. sun’s
9. diamond’s
10. visitors’
B. Singular possessive nouns:
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. gardener’s
4. sun’s
5. diamond’s
C. Plural possessive nouns:
1. flowers’
2. trees’
3. birds’
4. singers’
5. visitors’
Final Answer:
A. Possessive nouns:
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. flowers’
4. trees’
5. gardener’s
6. birds’
7. singers’
8. sun’s
9. diamond’s
10. visitors’
B. Singular possessive nouns:
1. king’s
2. palace’s
3. gardener’s
4. sun’s
5. diamond’s
C. Plural possessive nouns:
1. flowers’
2. trees’
3. birds’
4. singers’
5. visitors’
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of possessive nouns worksheet page 53.
