Possessive Case

My … guitar was out of tune and none of the group had guitar tuners.

• brother’s-in-laws

• brother’s-in-law
  

• brother-in-laws’

• brother-in-law’s

The … wife was wearing a plain white dress with a string of pearls.

• governor-general
  
  

• governor-general’s
  

• governor’s-general
  

• governor’s-general’s
  

This term the class will be reading … collection of short stories

• Somerset Maugham’s
  

• Somerset Maugham
  

• Somerset’s Maugham
  

• Somerset’s Maugham’s
  

My … house is only a stone’s throw from the beach

• sister’s-in-law
  

• sister-in-law’s
  

• sister-in-law
  

• sister-in-laws’
  

She took … books instead of her own.

• someone else
  

• someone’s else
  

• someone else’s
  

• someone’s else’s
  

There is a good restaurant … away.

• a five-minute’s walk
  

• a five-minutes walk
  

• a five-minute walk
  

• a five-minute walk’s
  

It was my … idea to move house.

• mothers-in-law
  

• mother-in-law
  

• mother’s-in-law’s
  

• mother-in-law’s
  

My … father is a pilot

• sister-in-law
  

• sister-in-law’s
  

• sister’s-in-law
  

• sisters’-in-law’s
  

The … speech made a great impression on the soldiers.

• commander’s-in-chief
  

• commander-in-chief’s
  

• commander-in-chief
  

• commander’s-in-chief’s
  

My … dog never stops barking.

• next’s door neighbour’s
  

• next door’s neighbour
  

• next door’s neighbour’s
  

• next door neighbour’s