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2. bicycle

3. letter

4. table

5. students

6. store

The possessive form of a noun shows possession or ownership.
♦ For singular nouns, we add the apostrophe and the letter s to show
possession. For example,
• Riaz’s book • the girl’s dress • the child’s sock

♦ For plural nouns, we add the apostrophe to the plural noun to show possession.

For example,
• the girls’ bags • the students’ books • the boys’ clothes
♦ For irregular plurals, we add the apostrophe and the letter s to show possession.

For example,
• men’s coat • the children’s toys • the women’s clothes

♦ For nouns that end in s, we add the apostrophe to show possession.
For example,
• Burns’ poems • Keats’ poems • the boss’ coffee

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