Plural Possessives

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

Which sentence is correct?

• 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!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• 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 (').

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct? (There are more than one cat being talked about in this sentence)

• A) The cats' toys were scattered all over the floor.

• B) The cat's toys were scattered all over the floor.

• C) The cats toys were scattered all over the floor.

• D) The cat's toy's were scattered all over the floor.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• A) The men's room is on the left.

• B) The mens' room is on the left.

• C) The mens room is on the left.

• D) The men's rooms' is on the left.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• A) The teachers' lounge is newly renovated.

• B) The teacher's lounge is newly renovated.

• C) The teachers lounge is newly renovated.

• D) The teacher lounge is newly renovated.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D