Tutor Ted Possessive Apostrophes

Select the TWO uses of an apostrophe from the list below:

• creating a contraction

• matching a pronoun with its subject

• showing possession

• freaking out all of its punctuation mark friends by levitating

People are the only subjects that can possess other things.

• true

• false

Consider the sentence below and select the best answer:

I admired the building’s intricate design.

• The building belongs to me.

• The intricate design belongs to the building.

• The building belongs to the intricate design.

• It had those crazy Airblade hand dryers in all the bathrooms.

When multiple girls bake multiple pies, you refer to these desserts as

• the girls pies

• the girl's pies

• the girls' pies

"It's" represents

• "it is" or "it has"

• “it is” or “it was”

• the possessive form of “it”

• Stephen King’s crowning achievement, hands down

Which of the following is just really not a thing?

• its

• it's

• its'

• January 21st: National Squirrel Appreciation Day

"Their" is

• a place

• the plural possessive form of "they"

• a contraction of "they are"

• a fake word because i before e, amiright?

"Who's" is

• a contraction of "who is" or "who has"

• the possessive form of who

• another spelling of whose

• the sound of an owl and a snake arguing

Though dysentery halted the groups progress for a month, they were back on the Oregon Trail soon enough.

• NO CHANGE

• group's progress for a month,

• groups' progress for a month,

• group's progress for a month

The legendary writer and naturalist began his observations during childhood, in the forests around his familys’ home in western Massachusetts.

• NO CHANGE

• family's

• families'

• Families