Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Key Notes:

🌟 Plural and Possessive Nouns ✨✏️

🔹 Plural Nouns (More than One) 👬🐶📚

• Most nouns add –s → dog → dogs 🐕🐕
• Nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, sh → add –es → bus → buses 🚌
• Nouns ending in y after a consonant → change y → ies → baby → babies 👶
• Some are irregular → child → children 👦👧, mouse → mice 🐭

👉 Error Example: The boy’s are playing. ❌

✅ Correction: The boys are playing. ✔️

🔹 Possessive Nouns (Show Ownership) 🏠👗📖

• Add ’s to show something belongs to someone → The girl’s book (book of the girl) 📖
• If the noun is plural and ends with –s, just add ’ → The dogs’ tails 🐶🐶 (tails of the dogs)
• If the noun is plural but does not end in –s, add ’s → The children’s toys 🧸

👉 Error Example: The teachers pen is red. ❌

✅ Correction: The teacher’s pen is red. ✔️

🔹 Common Mistakes ❌➡✔️

Using s instead of ’s:

• That is my friends house. ❌
• That is my friend’s house. ✔️

Confusing plural vs possessive:

• The cats tail is long. ❌
• The cat’s tail is long. ✔️

Misplacing the apostrophe:

• The girl’s are singing. ❌ (wrong use)
• The girls are singing. ✔️ (just plural)

🎯 Tips to Remember 🧠✨

• 👉 Plural = more than one (usually just add s).
• 👉 Possessive = ownership (use an apostrophe).
• 👉 If confused, ask: Does it belong to someone? If yes → use ’s.
• 👉 If just many → use s without an apostrophe.

🎉 Example Practice Sentences:

• The boys’ shoes are muddy. 👞
• The children’s playground is colorful. 🎡
• The cats are sleeping. 🐱🐱
• The cat’s bed is soft. 🛏️

Let’s practice!✒️