What are Possessive Nouns? 

By definition, a possessive noun is any noun that shows possession or ownership. These nouns are created by adding an ʼs or ʼ after a noun. The object being possessed then follows. The concept of possessives is fairly straightforward and most adults have no trouble grasping it. However, young learners often struggle with possessives more than any other grammatical concept.

This Google Slides Interactive activity is designed to give young learners the opportunity to practise and build skill with possessive nouns. They sort, write, click, drag, and drop their way to possessive noun mastery!

Through this activity, students will correctly use ʼs and sʼ to indicate ownership in their writing.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your English Group Activities. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this activity to enhance learning in whole class lessons or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, we have a few suggestions for keeping students on track with these concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

• Allow students to reference an anchor chart, lesson notes, or reference page while completing the activity.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

•  Have students further their learning by using the possessive in a sentence. 

🧑‍🏫 Group Learning

• Project the slides onto a screen and work through them as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks or mini whiteboards. 

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the Download button to get your copy of the Google Slides presentation.

Assign this interactive activity in Google Classroom. Please be sure to open in Edit mode, not presentation mode. Students click/drag/drop to use possessive nouns correctly.

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While you’re here, check out more activities and teaching resources that fill your lesson plans and students’ brains:

teaching resource BUMP! Possessive Nouns – Board Game A board game to practise writing possessive nouns using apostrophes. teaching resource Read and Colour Worksheet – Possessive Nouns Practise identifying possessive nouns with this worksheet.