Apostrophes STAAR Review

What needs to be changed in the following sentence?

All of the students parents would be arriving throughout the day.

• No change

• All of the student's parents

• All of the students' parents

• All of the students parents'

• All of the students parent's

What needs to be changed in the following sentence?

The dogs tails wagged when their owner came home.

• No change

• The dog's tails

• The dogs' tails

What needs to be changed in the following sentence?

The kitten slept on the childs bed.

• No change

• the child's bed

• the childs' bed

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

• My wifes diamond's are the best in the country.
• Greece has many beautiful island's.
• They own several splendid house's.
• The two boys' friendship has stood the test of time

Only one sentence uses the apostrophes correctly.

• The American's bridges and roads were vital for moving the troops' supplies.
• The Americans' bridges and roads were vital for moving the troops' supplies
• The Americans bridges and roads were vital for moving the troop's supplies.
• The Americans bridge's and road's were vital for moving the troops supplies

What needs to be changed in the following sentence?

She found the street, but couldnt remember the address.

• No change

• couldnt'

• could'nt

• couldn't

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Didn’t you hear that they’re leaving tomorrow?

• Didn’t you hear that there leaving tomorrow?

• Did’nt you hear that their leaving tomorrow?

• Didn’t you hear that theyr’e leaving tomorrow?

What's the correct way to describe the picture?

• the five friends' flags

• the five friend's flags

• the five friends's flags

• the five friends flags'

What needs to be changed in the following sentence?

The boy’s finished their homework early so that they could watch the game.

• No change

• The boys' finished their homework

• The boys finished their homework

What is the correct way to write the first word?

Whos the party's candidate for vice president this year?

• Whose

• Whos'

• Who's

• Whose'