Part 2: Concept Review - Making Words Possessive

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 1. His report included the company response to the union demands.

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 2. The designer was working on children active wear for the fall collection.

• children's

• childrens

• childrens'

• childrens's

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 3. The witness testimony was the deciding factor in the trial.

• witness's

• witnesses

• witnesses'

• witness

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 4. Sylvias purse was stolen while she attended the Smithson party.

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 5. The cow, sheep, and horse food was kept separately in the barn.

• cow's, sheep's, horse's

• cows, sheeps, horses

• cow, sheep, horse

• cowes, sheeps, horses

Read each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each underlined word to make it possessive. 6. John exercise routine was what helped him to keep his weight under 180 pounds.

• John's

• Johns

• Johns'

• Johnes