Plural Possessives

Which sentence is correct?

(there are multiple dogs being talked about in this sentence)

• All the dogs' leashes broke.

•  All the dog leashes broke.

• All the dogs leashes broke.

• All the dog's leashes broke.

Answer explanation

"dogs" is a regular plural noun, so we would just add an (') after th 's'

Which sentence is correct?

(there are multiple players being talked about in this sentence)

• All the player's jerseys were dirty.

• All the players' jerseys were dirty.

• All the players jersey's were dirty.

• All the players jerseys' were dirty.

Answer explanation

There is moren one player so it is players.

To show possession, add the (') after the -s

Which sentence is correct?

(There is more than one parent being talked about)

• The principal called both of my parents' numbers when I was sent to her office.

• The principal called both of my parent's numbers when I was sent to her office.

• The principal called both of my parents number's when I was sent to her office.

• The principal called both of my parents numbers' when I was sent to her office.

Answer explanation

Parents is plural and they own their numbers, so we would add an (') after the s

Which sentence is correct?

(There are more than one goose being talked about in this sentence)

• What happened to those geeses' wings?

• What happened to those geeses wing's?

• What happened to those goose's wings?

• What happened to those geese's wings?

Answer explanation

Geese is an irregular plural. To show pssession we would just add a ('s) afterwards.

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CCSS.L.5.2E

Which sentence is correct?

(More than one box is being talk about)

• Oh no! Someone mixed up the boxes labels'!

• Oh no! Someone mixed up the boxes label's!

• Oh no! Someone mixed up the boxes' labels!

• Oh no! Someone mixed up the box's labels!

Which sentence is correct?

There is more than one baby being talked about)

• The babies' mother had a wonderful singing voice.

• The babys' mother had a wonderful singing voice.

• The babie's mother had a wonderful singing voice.

• The babies mother had a wonderful singing voice.

Answer explanation

Babies is the plural of baby.

To show possession, we would add an (') afterwards.

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CCSS.L.5.2E

Which sentence is correct?

(More than one fairy is being talked about)

• The fairies queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairy's queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairies' queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

• The fairie's queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

Answer explanation

Fairy is singular.

Fairies is plural.

To show that more than one fairy has a queen, we need to change fairy > fairies and add (') after the s.

Which sentence is correct?

(more than one woman is being talked about)

• Why are all those womens haircut's the exact same?

• Why are all those womens' haircuts the exact same?

• Why are all those womens haircuts the exact same?

• Why are all those women's haircuts the exact same?

Answer explanation

"women" is an irregular plural.

So we just need to add ('s) afterwards.

Which sentence is correct?

(more than one wolf is being talked about)

• The wolves' cave was cold and dark.

• The wolve's cave was cold and dark.

• The wolfs' cave was cold and dark.

• The wolves cave was cold and dark.

Answer explanation

wolves is the plural of wplf. To make it possessive we just add an (').

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CCSS.L.5.2E

Which sentence is correct?

(there is more than child being talked about)

• The childrens' favorite movie was Shrek.

• The childrens favorite movie was Shrek.

• The children's favorite movie was Shrek.

• The child's favorite movie was Shrek.

Answer explanation

children is the plural of child

So we need to add an ('s) to the end to make children's.

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CCSS.L.5.2E