Apostrophe S | 's or s' | Possessive Nouns in English | How to Form Plural and Singular Possessives

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Learn how to use apostrophe s with possessive nouns in English. In this lesson, I'll teach you when to use an apostrophe with singular and plural possessive nouns to show ownership. You'll also learn when the apostrophe comes before the 's' and when it goes after the 's'.
We'll review the following rules:
• Singular nouns: add ’s
• Singular nouns or names ending in s: adding ’s is optional
• Plural nouns ending in s: add ’
• Plural nouns that don’t end in s (irregular plural nouns): add ’s
• Shared possession: add ’s to the last noun
• Separate possession: add ’s to each noun.
• With hyphenated or compound nouns: usually add ’s
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - What are possessive nouns?
01:07 - Singular nouns
01:50 - Singular nouns/names ending in s
03:19 - Plural nouns ending in s
04:22 - Irregular plural nouns
05:22 - Shared/separate possession
07:00 - Hyphenated/compound nouns
07:41 - QUIZ/PRACTICE
09:06 - QUIZ ANSWERS
#punctuation #apostrophes #sparkleenglish

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@SparkleEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Quick Links: 00:25 - What are possessive nouns? 01:07 - Singular nouns 01:50 - Singular nouns/names ending in s 03:19 - Plural nouns ending in s 04:22 - Irregular plural nouns 05:22 - Shared/separate possession 07:00 - Hyphenated/compound nouns 07:41 - QUIZ/PRACTICE 09:06 - QUIZ ANSWERS

@rukmaniawasthi Жыл бұрын

What is the possesive noun is non living then will we add apostrophe?

@larrymilliken288 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the links!

@Zero-0_0- 6 ай бұрын

First of all:thanks a lot 😊 I have a doubt 😕 with an example:Mom's and dad's cars are new;is it wrong to make the word "cars" singular(car) since the word "are" makes it clear:there are more than one car. Please correct me with the above usage of :,;," " and ( ) too,and also anything else. Thank you 🙏😊

@devashikajayamanna2255 5 ай бұрын

Because of you, I learn so many things. Thank you for your crystal-clear lessons. It improves my English day by day.

@janegallagher9098 Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent tutorial that explains the placement of apostrophe S ('s or s') with possessive nouns. I am also grateful for just the lesson and no introductory life story.

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

It all started on an autumn evening in October. Mother and Father waited patiently for the doctor to arrive to hand over their newborn daughter, who would one day be an English teacher... (Just kidding. Thanks for your comment! No life stories here, haha!)

@nabilanusrat3818 7 ай бұрын

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@phumkiatwananuraksakul7815 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you,I got full scores,10. Your explanation looks easy and rememerbale.

@Hondalover3000 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for this very simple and patient explanation.

@RemarkablePerson 11 ай бұрын

You made this video and the result is my grammar being better. Thanks teacher, love you. 😊

@epsilon-5494 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, thank you :)

@walimohammadmangal689 Жыл бұрын

I got correct ten out of ten. You explaned everything regarding apostrophe. I appreciate your struggles. Thank you.

@Oneinamillyy Жыл бұрын

9/10 thank you for this video. I am a nursing student and this was on one of my tests for English!

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!! Great job!!

@gene4094 7 ай бұрын

At 75 yo and having taken five college writing courses, my skills presently are subjective, thus, these videos are golden.

@SparkleEnglish 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Gene!

@Zero-0_0- 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for inspiration:"learning never gets old".

@gene4094 6 ай бұрын

@@Zero-0_0- 😊 thank you, as I want to form logically coherent structures that describes complex novel concepts. This is a water splitting Hydrogen + Oxygen gas energy system. This hypothetical energy system evolved from a Nobel Prize winner phenomenon on a nanoscale second harmonic generation of evanescence waves.

@Zero-0_0- 6 ай бұрын

Eh...science 😆🤣😂 Do you have any advice for me?:I would appreciate 🙏

@danhouseholder6784 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video Sparkle. You answered the question I had.

@AakashWassan-oh6gs 8 ай бұрын

Iam really impressed because this is so helpful for my exam for medical test thanks a lot❤❤🎉🎉🎉

@sandibeach7291 Ай бұрын

FANTASTIC VIDEO!

@bryanflores6254 Ай бұрын

thank u so much. Greetings from Perú

@ardabasiboyukmusic 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Sparkle English

@aayushikashyap6193 Жыл бұрын

I got 9/10. Thank you Ms

@iceiejest103 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This is so informative.

@ijabohussen3586 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was great help.

@ebenezerbiney4117 Жыл бұрын

You are a very good teacher thank you 👍👍

@PassionForLearning05 Жыл бұрын

For Question number 2 How do we know it’s shared possession?

@rosamilagrogutierrezfuente1924 Жыл бұрын

The video was full explained thank you

@fatemakhan2161 9 ай бұрын

Thank you it’s so clear than others

@RichhardRatut 2 ай бұрын

A Very good video Thank you for your help in making the word a bit more grammatically correct, one video at a time

@thierrymicheltchonko619 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the lesson.

@thidakeochan7447 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video .☺️

@mfgogo185 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that was so helpful.

@nasrinkhan6163 Жыл бұрын

It was an awesome class 😍😍

@sujatasahoo9569 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your teaching ......l got 9/10🎉

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@derekluckyblock2713 10 ай бұрын

10/10 video

@dyanrth7000 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It is 10/10. Good luck for you

@sorelleankouand1741 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I have learn a lot.

@lucifiaofthefreecouncil1312 2 жыл бұрын

When you gave the example of the girls' being sisters, I chuckled. You reminded me of when people see a lesbian couple living together, they'd dismiss them as sisters or friends. I enjoyed the video, it was very informative. Even my broken dropout ass could understand it, which is saying something. Thank you for doing what you do. Your videos are the best English instruction I've come across. Someday I hope to be able to write my novel, powered by Sparkles.

@SparkleEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that definitely wasn't my intention! I was imagining two little girls sharing a room when I wrote that sentence. Otherwise, I would have said women. 😜 Thank you so much for the kind words!!!

@bipin.pandey7281 Жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍

@shanedupree5679 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for getting me ready for the HISET TEST

@ninagutierrez8535 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much....this makes so much sense

@nadeemkhurshid810 2 жыл бұрын

Your way of teaching is best from Pakistan

@satindersonia Жыл бұрын

well i was born in india

@unknwn-jj3iu Жыл бұрын

I'm also from pakistan

@susanmoreno2568 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I often times did not what was correct usage for possessive plural nouns.

@willylang 6 ай бұрын

Now I'm 70 and finally understand where the apostrophe goes 🙂 - thank you!

@dinahakutteh7178 Жыл бұрын

I love Sparkle English

@aaronclaar1125 23 күн бұрын

Great video - thank you!

@J_Phand3 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much i have the exam today❤

@redlight7718 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent teacher

@RAJkumar-hl5oz Жыл бұрын

The video is really helpful. It is was easy to comprehend and it saved my time alot. Thank so Kuch dear lots of love from Pakistan. I corrected 10/10.

@avipshadawadib0884 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I got 9/10 😃

@SparkleEnglish 11 ай бұрын

Great job!!

@cellinewanyonyi4610 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Very informative, I like the way you explain everything. Got 9/10

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Fabulous job!

@victorialuisaherms2224 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ! I needed to check names ending in S like James or Chris

@ttt_7844 2 жыл бұрын

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@yasminmohammed731 Жыл бұрын

Hi that great lesson I understood thank you very much

@chensreymalina7865 6 ай бұрын

I got 8/10 in my test . But I though my grammer is being better than before 😊.Thank you for sharing the best lesson video.

@Nitephall Жыл бұрын

I remember getting into a debate with someone once about the word "people." I was telling him the word refers to many persons but the word itself is singular. The plural is "peoples". So one would say, "The People's Court."

@huyked Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the refresher! I've been having trouble with these rules for a number of years. Haha! I, totally, failed on question 10: "My parents' home is near the mountains." :P

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

That was a tricky one! 😅

@mohib-shahmeer 9 ай бұрын

yes that was (⁠☞⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠☞)⁠ trick 9:40 🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂

@mohib-shahmeer 9 ай бұрын

I was Failed to😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 11:11

@arthurpalermo8395 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I got 9/10. :)

@stefanidawne 9 ай бұрын

Good job!

@sowmyamb3403 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and I got 10/10 in my test🙏

@SparkleEnglish 9 ай бұрын

Wow! Well done!!!

@Kielbasaman206 7 ай бұрын

thank you for this video it has helped me!

@user-jb6ol8eg1c 5 ай бұрын

9 out of 10 correct answer 🎉

@rain7096 7 күн бұрын

👍

@alkagautam2205 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ma'am😊

@Nanticoke Жыл бұрын

Thank u 🙏

@vice4525 Жыл бұрын

Excellent thank you, I never understood this until now. Got 10/10😁

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Perfect score, Vic! Well done!

@achieversskies45 9 ай бұрын

9/10 ❤‍🔥

@SparkleEnglish 9 ай бұрын

💪💪💪

@hunikil8860 11 ай бұрын

thank you so much; it really helped me.

@hufno5998 9 ай бұрын

What do you put for “Jane and Luis car broke down.” Is it Luis’s/s’?

@moathabbas1985 Жыл бұрын

Thank you teacher. I got 10/10.

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Great job!

@IkigaI14344 7 ай бұрын

Hi there, hope you can help. Is it Christmas at the Boyles’ or Boyle’s or Boyles

@kaylemoine1571 11 күн бұрын

I had gotten rusty. Thanks for the refresher.

@naziasaba1093 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I got 9/10

@SharonWilliam-kl2he 11 ай бұрын

I got 💯; however, I thought that the placement of the apostrophe depended on whether you were referring to one parent or two parents. I love the quizzes at the end of the lessons! 👍 13:23

@Mome_ 9 ай бұрын

Well if the car belongs to both of your parents , you choose to add apostrophe on which one ? Mom or dad and you need to add that parent in the ending of sentence ; last word

@DhruvPatel-cu9jr Жыл бұрын

🎉😊 10/10

@AshokKumar-be8uo 2 жыл бұрын

It's awsome Thank's maam You are so great

@satindersonia Жыл бұрын

ma'am

@widyawati6566 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's very useful. I wanna ask you, how about the name ending in z? Do we use 's or just '? Which one is correct? Athariz' pen or Athariz's pen?

@SparkleEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Athariz's pen would be correct. :)

@widyawati6566 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

@minsari191 Ай бұрын

WOW I hope I get a A+ 😊

@DADADADA-of9wl 8 ай бұрын

correct all

@cjgabriellewells9172 2 ай бұрын

Hi omg i love your videos you are so good you helped me out so much thank you❤😭

@SparkleEnglish 2 ай бұрын

I am so glad to hear that!! ❤️❤️

@domybarahona8985 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Teacher, I have a question for you related to this topic : In this sentence, which is the correct form to use : She will be back in two weeks time. or She will be back in two weeks' time. I would be glad if you could clarify it please.

@SparkleEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! She will be back in two weeks. (More common to say in the US/Canada) She will be back in two weeks' time. (More common to say in the UK) We would use an apostrophe after weeks. :)

@domybarahona8985 2 жыл бұрын

@@SparkleEnglish Thanks, Teacher

@freddyfurrah3789 Жыл бұрын

Good

@riaanmori4952 4 ай бұрын

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@mmfd-ek6zw Ай бұрын

But when do I use (plural or genetive) for example : girls or girls‘ ?

@AzeBoy102 2 ай бұрын

Than you

@matdedrez9488 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAHH

@justinjohn8792 Жыл бұрын

I got 10/10 thank you

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Fabulous!!

@abdulhad352 6 ай бұрын

Hi! In this plz clear me one thing, if a singular thing belong to someone so we use 's and if a plural thing is belongs to someone so we use s'

@Emmaplaysroblox883 Жыл бұрын

9 out of 10

@xyrhilaicaxhaiequejada9434 Жыл бұрын

10/10 ty for helping me

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Amazing 🤩

@RAJkumar-hl5oz Жыл бұрын

What are the rules for pronominal possessive?

@user-wx2pn1ny9t Жыл бұрын

Thank you l take 10/10

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍😎

@Remir_ 10 ай бұрын

I got 9 out of 10. Those children's toys caught me off guard:D

@ttt_7844 2 жыл бұрын

I have got 10😍

@MOP7819 3 ай бұрын

10/10

@anesialovell4414 Жыл бұрын

10/10🎉

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

🤩🤩🤩

@ladyg6137 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I got eight out of ten

@SparkleEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@larrymilliken288 7 ай бұрын

I missed #3 by not moving the apostrophe, and I understand why. On #10 I would like to know why parent's mean just one parent-isn't parents a plural noun? Please help me understand this. I'm so glad I watched this helpful video. Thanks, Jennifer!

@SparkleEnglish 7 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Compare these two sentences: My parents' house is big. My parent's house is big. The first sentence means that there are two parents, and the second sentence means that there is only one parent. However, usually we would say "my mother's house" or "my father's house" instead of "parent's".

@larrymilliken288 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I understand it better now.@@SparkleEnglish

@MuhammadazizMadaminov-t5o 3 күн бұрын

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@marygracedegillogarnado9545 Жыл бұрын

I'm so curious, and I can't find any answers in my question. Which one is correct? Grace's files OR Grace' files? It means that I have my files on that folder or envelope. Or maybe both are correct? I don't know, anyone can answer my question? THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🫶🏻🥹

@SparkleEnglish Жыл бұрын

It should be "Grace's files" (the files belonging to Grace) :)

@marygracedegillogarnado9545 Жыл бұрын

@SparkleEnglish Thank you so much Ma'am 🥹🫶🏻 I really appreciated

@leninrosero5571 2 ай бұрын

@SparkleEnglish, Hi! I have a question about the 3rd rule, I'm confused with the pronunciation of those words. For example, if I hear "the girls' bedroom" it sounds like "the girl's bedroom", how can I notice the difference between "girls' " and "girl's", I thought that the pronunciation of the possessive of the words that end in an "S" like "girls' " would sound like /IZ/. There are possessive nouns like Chris's or James's and you pronounce the apostrophe 's like /IZ/. I'm very confused with this, I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with this. Thanks in advance and have a good day!

@SparkleEnglish 2 ай бұрын

Excellent question! You have great listening skills. We would pronounce "girl's" and "girls' " the same way with the "s" sound. However, with singular proper nouns that end in "s" (like Chris or James), the possessive form is often pronounced with an additional /ɪz/ (or /əz/) sound. So, "Chris's" and "James's" would be pronounced as "Chris-iz" and "James-iz".

@leninrosero5571 2 ай бұрын

@@SparkleEnglish Thank you so much, teacher!! Everything's so much clearer now, I didn't know that. Thanks for your time 🤗. Have a nice day!! 😃👍🏼

@user-ec5mx8mr5x 5 ай бұрын

I get 9/10😗😗😘

@mdwker6057 6 ай бұрын

I have 9/10 🎉 correct number 4 I don't understand why make s in law i think only work with names , but 9/10 it's good for beginner's can i have a kiss' 😅