Plurals, Possessive, and Contractions

Plurals, Possessive, and Contractions

• singular possessive nouns (student's)

• plural possessives nouns (students')

• contractions (isn't)

Multiple Choice

How would you make this possessive?

The locker of the girl is a mess.

• The girl's locker is a mess.

• The girls' locker is a mess.

• The girls locker is a mess.

Multiple Choice

How would you make this possessive?

The television belonging to Kelly was too loud!

• Kelly's television was too loud!

• Kellys' television was too loud!

• Kellys television was too loud

Multiple Choice

How would you make this possessive?

The books belonging to the two boys were on the floor.

• The boy's books were on the floor.

• The boys' books were on the floor.

• The boys books were on the floor.

Now we're switching to Contractions!

Fill in the Blank

Use an apostrophe to shorten the underlined words:

He is not going to the game.

Fill in the Blank

Use an apostrophe to form the contraction of the underlined words:

That is definitely the problem!

Multiple Choice

Singular possessive, plural possessive, or contraction?

The Pony Express's name comes from the mail carriers riding ponies.

• singular

• plural

• contraction

Multiple Choice

Singular, plural, or contraction?

The zookeeper's lunch break was at noon.

• singular

• plural

• contraction

Multiple Choice

Singular possessive, plural possessive, or Contraction?

The Pony Express -- that's the basis for the modern postal system.

• singular

• plural

• contraction