Possessive Nouns Practice

For the next set of questions,
select possessive if the apostrophe is used to show possession, or select contraction if the apostrophe is used to combine two words.

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My brothers’ favorite activity is wrestling each other.

• possessive
• contraction

Where’d you put the salt and pepper shakers?

• possessive
• contraction

Wouldn’t you like to know what you’re getting for your birthday?

• possessive
• contraction

The bus’s passengers were getting tired of waiting in traffic.

• possessive
• contraction

Why’d you purposely forget to give your brother his birthday present?

• possessive
• contraction

Select “correct” if the apostrophe is used correctly. Select “incorrect” if it’s used incorrectly.

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The students’s textbooks did not arrive in time for school to start.

• incorrect
• correct

My grandparents’ house was built in the 1860s.

• Incorrect
• correct

Havent you always wanted to go to Paris?

• Incorrect
• correct