Apostrophes Practice

Select the correct form of the bold/underlined word(s). If no correction is need, select NO CHANGE.

The British scientist J.D. Bernal believed that human beings’ would eventually be replaced by creatures who’s bodies were half-human and half-machine.

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• being’s

• beings’

• beings

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The British scientist J.D. Bernal believed that human beings’ would eventually be replaced by creatures who’s bodies were half-human and half-machine. 

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• whose

• whose’e

• whos

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Instrument-makers have tried to reproduce a Stradivarius violin’s precise sound for hundreds of years, but all of they’re attempts have been unsuccessful.

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• violins

• violins’

• violin’s

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Instrument-makers have tried to reproduce a Stradivarius violin’s precise sound for hundreds of years, but all of they’re attempts have been unsuccessful.

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• they’re attempt’s

• their attempts

• their attempt’s

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Bats can perceive and stalk their prey in complete darkness, using a system of ultrasonic sounds to produce echo’s that identify it’s location.

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• they’re

• there

• theyre

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Bats can perceive and stalk their prey in complete darkness, using a system of ultrasonic sounds to produce echo’s that identify it’s location.

• NO CHANGE

• echos’

• echoes

• echos

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Bats can perceive and stalk their prey in complete darkness, using a system of ultrasonic sounds to produce echo’s that identify it’s location.

• NO CHANGE

• its'

• they're

• its

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A computer program devoted to facial recognition can determine people’s emotions by following there faces’ movements and linking its readings with a database of expressions.

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• its faces’

• they’re faces

• their faces’

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A computer program devoted to facial recognition can determine people’s emotions by following there faces’ movements and linking its readings with a database of expressions.

• NO CHANGE

• it’s

• its’

• there

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Despite it’s brilliance and power, the sun grew out of tiny particles suspended in enormous clouds of dust and gas. 

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• its

• its'

• it'es