Possessives Quiz

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

What causes peoples shadows to change?

• causes'

• peoples'

• shadow's

• people's

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

The childs blankets are covered in stars and planets.

• child's

• blankets'

• childs'

• blanket's

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

The towns history runs back for hundreds of years.

• hundreds'

• year's

• town's

• years'

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

All the flowers leaves dried up because no one watered them for weeks.

• flowers'

• weeks'

• flower's

• leave's

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

The eagles sharp eyes helped it to see the fish in the waters below.

• fishes'

• eye's

• water's

• eagle's

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

The earths trip around the sun takes 365.25 days to complete.

• takes'

• day's

• earth's

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

Ericas arm was broken when she fell on the playground and her parents are worried?

• Erica's

• parents'

• parent's

• Ericas'

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

Mr. Nolan would not accept the students late assignments.

• Mr. Nolan's

• assignments'

• students'

Which answer is the correct use of the apostrophe in the sentence below?

The geeses honks really startled the picnickers.

• honks'

• geese's

• picnicker's

Which two words need an apostrophe to show possession?

Shakespeares plays are some of the worlds most widely translated.

• plays'

• Shakespeare's

• world's