Plurals and Singular Possessives

The stuffed __________ ears had been missing.

• bears

• bear's

Its ears had been missing for __________.

• years

• year's

The __________ odd expression had never bothered Dean until now.

• bears

• bear's

Dean noticed that his toy __________ tail was now broken, too.

• ponies

• pony's

His broken ___________ gave him such fright that something or someone might have come into his room.

• toys

• toy's

His thoughts recalled the __________ fury that had blown at the house last night.

• winds

• wind's

His mother noticed that ___________ nerves were on edge.

• Deans

• Dean's

"You look as if you have a bad case of the ____________," said his mother.

• worries

• worry's

"It's because I heard strange __________ last night." Dean replied.

• noises

• noise's

"Stop imagining things," said his mother. "Just clean up your __________ study room."

• fathers

• father's