Possessive Nouns and Contractions

What word correctly completed this sentence: "_____________ wealth depended on trade in whale products."?

• Nantucket's

• Nantuckets

What is the correct possessive form of the underlined word? men bravery

• mens

• men's

• mens'

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• My friend's are taking their exam's in Mr. Aguon's class.

• My friends are taking their exam's in Mr. Aguon's class.

• My friends' are taking their exams' in Mr. Aguon's class.

• My friends are taking their exams in Mr. Aguon's class.

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• I cant go to my two little cousins piano recital.

• I can't go to my two little cousin's piano recital.

• I can't go to my cousins' piano recital.

• I cant go to my cousins' piano recital.

Two reasons to use apostrophes are for...

• plural nouns and conjunctions

• possessive nouns and plural nouns

• plural nouns and contractions

• possessive nouns and contractions

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• Our Uncle Chri's kid's wont be going to the trip.

• Our Uncle Chris' kids won't be going to the trip.

• Our Uncle Chris's kids' won't be going to the trip.

• Our Uncle Chris's kids won't be going to the trip.

Which choice best represents the following phrase:

the bags of those students

• those student's bags

• those student's bag's

• those students' bags'

• those students' bags

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• Several teacher's laptops were stolen from their rooms.

• Several teacher's laptop's were stolen from their room's.

• Several teachers' laptop's were stolen from their rooms.

• Several teachers' laptops were stolen from their rooms.

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• The volunteers are going to Captain Torres's mansion for games.

• The volunteers' are going to Captain Torres' mansion for games'.

• The volunteer's are going to Captain Torres's mansion for games.

• The volunteers' are going to Captain Torres' mansion for game's.

Which word is not a correctly written contraction?

• can't

• couldn't

• wouldn't

• willn't