Plural Possessives

Front

Correct sentence: All the dogs' leashes broke.

Back

All the dogs' leashes broke.

Answer explanation

"dogs" is a regular plural noun, so we would just add an (') after th 's'

Front

Correct sentence: All the players' jerseys were dirty.

Back

All the players' jerseys were dirty.

Answer explanation

There is moren one player so it is players.

To show possession, add the (') after the -s

Front

Correct sentence: The principal called both of my parents' numbers when I was sent to her office.

Back

The principal called both of my parents' numbers when I was sent to her office.

Answer explanation

Parents is plural and they own their numbers, so we would add an (') after the s

Front

Correct sentence: What happened to those geese's wings?

Back

Answer explanation

Geese is an irregular plural. To show pssession we would just add a ('s) afterwards.

Front

Correct sentence: Someone mixed up the boxes' labels!

Back

Someone mixed up the boxes' labels!

Front

Correct sentence: The babies' mother had a wonderful singing voice.

Back

The babies' mother had a wonderful singing voice.

Answer explanation

Babies is the plural of baby.

To show possession, we would add an (') afterwards.

Front

Correct sentence:

Back

The fairies' queen was dressed in pink and gold tulips.

Answer explanation

Fairy is singular.

Fairies is plural.

To show that more than one fairy has a queen, we need to change fairy > fairies and add (') after the s.

Front

Correct sentence about multiple women:

Back

Why are all those women's haircuts the exact same?

Answer explanation

"women" is an irregular plural.

So we just need to add ('s) afterwards.

Front

Correct sentence: The wolves' cave was cold and dark.

Back

The wolves' cave was cold and dark.

Answer explanation

wolves is the plural of wplf. To make it possessive we just add an (').

Front

Correct sentence:

Back

The children's favorite movie was Shrek.

Answer explanation

children is the plural of child

So we need to add an ('s) to the end to make children's.