Ownership Words: Possessive Nouns for Class 3  

This Grade 3 worksheet teaches children how to use possessive nouns — words that show ownership or belonging, like Riya’s book, the boys’ playground, or the cat’s toy. With activities including multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, matching, underlining, and paragraph writing, students practice using apostrophes correctly in different contexts.  

Why Possessive Nouns Matter in Grammar?

  
Possessive nouns are important because they:  
1. Show who owns or has something.  
2. Teach proper apostrophe use with singular and plural nouns.  
3. Make writing clear and precise.  
4. Build strong grammar skills for higher-level English.  

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

  
🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct possessive noun (e.g., Ravi’s pen, the girls’ dresses, the dog’s bone).  
✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks: Insert possessive forms like teacher’s, brother’s, children’s, doctor’s.  
✅ Exercise 3 – Match the Following: Match sentences to pictures with possessive nouns such as the cat’s food, the child’s toy, the players’ bats.  
📝 Exercise 4 – Underline and Circle: Underline nouns and circle the possessive forms in short sentences.  
🧾 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing: Complete a story using possessive nouns like mother’s bag, father’s car, children’s games, teacher’s chalk.  

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)  

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions  
1. Ravi’s pen  
2. The dog’s bone  
3. The girls’ dresses  
4. Teacher’s desk  
5. Mother’s purse  
6. The boys’ playground  
7. Cat’s toy  
8. Children’s books  
9. Father’s car  
10. Doctor’s clinic  

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks  
1. Teacher’s  
2. Brother’s  
3. Girls’  
4. Mother’s  
5. Cat’s  
6. Children’s  
7. Doctor’s  
8. Father’s  
9. Dog’s  
10. Sister’s  

Exercise 3 – Match the Following  
Cat + toy → Cat’s toy  
Boy + bag → Boy’s bag  
Dog + bone → Dog’s bone  
Girl + dress → Girl’s dress  
Teacher + chalk → Teacher’s chalk  
Baby + bottle → Baby’s bottle  
Child + book → Child’s book  
Father + car → Father’s car  
Mother + purse → Mother’s purse  
Doctor + clinic → Doctor’s clinic  

Exercise 4 – Underline and Circle  
1. boy (noun), boy’s (possessive)  
2. cat (noun), cat’s (possessive)  
3. teacher (noun), teacher’s (possessive)  
4. girls (noun), girls’ (possessive)  
5. children (noun), children’s (possessive)  
6. dog (noun), dog’s (possessive)  
7. doctor (noun), doctor’s (possessive)  
8. Ravi (noun), Ravi’s (possessive)  
9. father (noun), father’s (possessive)  
10. baby (noun), baby’s (possessive)  

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answers)  
1. Mother’s bag is new.  
2. Father’s car is blue.  
3. Children’s games are fun.  
4. Teacher’s chalk is white.  
5. Cat’s tail is long.  

This worksheet makes learning possessive nouns clear and practical, helping Class 3 learners master apostrophe use in real contexts.  
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