Possessive Apostrophes

the books that belong to the girls

• the girl's books

• the girls' books

• the girls book's

• the girl's book's

the laughs of the child

• the children's laughs

• the childs' laugh

• the child's laugh

The ______ pages are torn out.

• book's

• books

The candy bar belongs to Sally

• Sallys candy bar.

• Sally's candy bar.

The many ________ efforts led to a new creation.

• worker

• workers'

• workers

• worker's

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The spideres's web glittered in the morning dew.

• The spiders web glittered in the morning dew.

• The spiders's web glittered in the morning dew.

• The spider's web glittered in the morning dew.

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the boat belonging to Charles.

• Charles' boat

• Charles boat

• Charles'es boat

• Charles's boat

Which sentence is correct?

• Jerrys food was tasty!

• Jerry's food was tasty!

• Jerry food was tasty!

• Jerrys' food was tasty!

Why do we use an apostrophe in our writing? Choose all that apply.

• To show possession

• To join and abbreviate two words/make a contraction

• To make a noun plural

• All of the above

The skaters movements were slow and graceful.

• NO CHANGE

• skater's movements

• skaters' movement's

• skaters movement's