Possessive Nouns and Apostrophes

the books that belong to the girls

• girl's books

• girls' books

• girls book's

• girl's book's

the leg of the table

• the table's leg

• the tables' leg

• the tables's leg

the tails of the cats

• the cat's tails

• the cats' tails

• the cat tails

How many apostrophes in the following sentence are parts of possessives? "The dog's collar doesn't fit as well as Alice's scarf."

• None

• One

• Two

• Three

What is the correct possessive form of the noun "bees?"

• Bee's

• Bees's

• Bees'

• Bees

Which of the following nouns requires only an apostrophe to form a possessive?

• Desk

• Bus

• Alice

• Seat

One argument against including the final "s" of the possessive "compass's" is that it looks strange to have three "s's" in a row. What category would this complaint fall under?

• Grammar

• Style

• Context

• Theory

What is the correct possessive form of the plural noun "moose?"

• Moose'

• Moose's

• Mooses'

• Mooses's

What can we assume about a possessive in which neither an apostrophe nor an "s" have been added?

• It's not really a possessive.

• It's a possessive noun that ends in a double "s".

• It's a possessive noun that ends in a silent "s".

• It's a possessive pronoun.

Which phrase in the following sentence can be replaced by a possessive? "The children of Janice ran around the playground, shouting and laughing."

• "ran around"

• "of Janice"

• "the playground"

• "shouting and laughing"