2.11 Nouns: Possessives

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

Do you think the human cannonball's trick is dangerous?

• human; singular

• human; plural

• cannonball's; singular

• cannonball's plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The ringmaster's voice has to be very loud.

• voice; singular

• voice; plural

• ringmaster's; singular

• ringmaster's; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The lions' roars don't seem to scare the trainer.

• roars; singular

• roars; plural

• lions'; singular

• lions'; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

Someone must carefully check the trapeze artists' ropes.

• artists'; singular

• artists'; plural

• ropes; singular

• ropes; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

Please don't eat all of your sister's popcorn.

• sister's; plural

• sister's; singular

• popcorn; singular

• popcorn; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The trainer is putting his head in the lion's mouth!

• trainer; plural

• lion's; singular

• mouth; plural

• lion's; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

I dare you to count the zebras' stripes.

• you; singular

• stripes; singular

• zebras'; singular

• zebras'; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The rider stood on the horse's back.

• horse's; singular

• horse's; plural

• rider; singular

• back; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The audience's applause rang through the arena.

• audience's; singular

• audience's; plural

• arena; singular

• arena; plural

What is the possessive noun? Is it singular or plural?

The trainer's belief is that lions can be trained but not tamed.

• belief; singular

• belief; plural

• trainer's; singular

• trainer's; plural