Understanding Possessive Nouns and Apostrophes

What is a possessive noun?

• A noun that possesses, owns, or has something

• A noun that indicates an action

• A noun that replaces a proper noun

• A noun that describes another noun

How do you form the possessive of a singular noun?

• By adding es

• By adding an apostrophe after s

• By adding an apostrophe before s

• By adding s

Is adding apostrophe s to a singular noun ending in s always mandatory?

• Yes, it's always required

• No, it's optional

• Yes, but only for proper nouns

• No, you should never add apostrophe s

How is the possessive form of a plural noun that ends in s formed?

• By adding another s

• By adding es

• By adding an apostrophe before the s

• By adding an apostrophe after the s

For irregular plural nouns not ending in s, how do you form the possessive?

• By adding an apostrophe after s

• By adding an apostrophe before s

• By adding apostrophe s

• No change is needed

How do you indicate shared possession?

• By adding apostrophe s only to the last noun

• By adding apostrophe s to both nouns

• By not using apostrophes

• By adding s to both nouns without apostrophes

In the case of separate possession, how is it indicated?

• By adding apostrophe s to the last noun only

• By not using apostrophes

• By adding apostrophe s to both nouns

• By using only an apostrophe after each noun

How do you form the possessive of a hyphenated compound noun?

• By adding apostrophe s to the first noun

• By adding apostrophe s to each noun

• By not using apostrophes

• By adding apostrophe s to the last noun

How do you correct the sentence 'My mother's-in-law car isn't working'?

• My mothers-in-law's car isn't working

• My mother's-in-laws' car isn't working

• My mothers-in-law car isn't working

• My mother-in-law's car isn't working

Which sentence is correctly formed to indicate possession?

• The boy's video game are in the basement

• The boy's video games are in the basement

• The boys video games is in the basement

• The boys' video game is in the basement