What is a possessive form?

Answer 1

A possessive form of a noun is one that indicates ownership, possession, origin, or purpose. The possessive is normally formed by adding apostrophe S to the noun, but for plurals ending in S, the apostrophe alone is added. Irregular plurals that do not end in S form the apostrophe S version as usual.

Examples:

dog: The dog's bone was found in the yard.

dogs: The dogs' collars were accidentally switched.

child: The child's toy was broken.

children: The children's jackets were kept in the closet.

There are two types of pronouns that show possession:

Possessive pronounstake the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its*, ours, theirs.

Example: The chickenis yours and the tuna is mine.

Possessive adjectivesdescribe a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun it describes.

They are: my, your, his, her, their, its*.

Example: How is yourchicken? Mytuna is delicious.

(* the apostrophe form it's is a contraction of 'it is')

Answer 2

A possessive form is a grammatical construction that indicates ownership or relationship to something. In English, the possessive form is typically indicated by adding an apostrophe and an "s" ('s) to the noun. For example, "the dog's tail" indicates that the tail belongs to the dog.