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Possessive Noun Rule Breakers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are two jobs/functions of possessive nouns?
a)
subject noun & predicate noun
b)
show ownership & modify like an adjective
2.
What punctuation mark is always in a possessive noun?
a)
comma
b)
quotation mark
c)
apostrophe
d)
semi-colon
3.
A possessive noun can be the subject of the sentence?
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Is "Children's" singular or plural possessive?
a)
singular
b)
plural
5.
Is "man's" singular or plural possessive?
a)
singular
b)
plural
6.
Which is the correct possessive form of "Sam"?
a)
Sam's
b)
Sams'
7.
Which is the correct singular possessive form?
a)
girls'
b)
girl's
8.
Which is the correct PLURAL form?
a)
cat's
b)
cats'
c)
cat
d)
cats
9.
What question does a possessive noun answer?
a)
what?
b)
who?
c)
whom?
d)
whose?
10.
Change "the leg of the table" to possessive form.
a)
the table's leg
b)
the tables' leg
11.
Chang "the laughs of the child" to possessive form.
a)
the children's laughs
b)
the child's laugh
c)
the childs' laugh
12.
Change "the hooves of the three deer" to possessive form.
a)
the deers' hooves
b)
the deers hooves
c)
the deer's hooves
13.
Change "the cushions on the couch" to possessive form. 
a)
the couch's cushions
b)
the couchs' cushions
c)
the couches' cushions
14.
Change "the eggs of the nest" to possessive form.
a)
the nest egg's
b)
the nest's eggs
c)
the nests' eggs
15.
Is this sentence correct?
Sue loves to visit John's' house.
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
Change "the desk belongs to Mrs. Rigsbey" to possessive form.
a)
Mrs. Rigsbey's desk
b)
Desks' Mrs. Rigsbey
c)
Mrs. Rigsbey's belongs
d)
Mrs. Rigsbeys' desk
17.
Change "the dresses belonging to the women" to possessive form. 
a)
the womens' dresses
b)
the women's dresses
18.
Change "the fingers of the ladies" to possessive form.
a)
the ladies fingers'
b)
the ladies' fingers
c)
the lady's fingers
d)
the ladies finger's
19.
Change "the shelves in the bookcase" to possessive form.
a)
the bookcase's shelves
b)
the bookcase shelve's
c)
the bookcases' shelves
d)
the bookcase shelves'
20.
Which phrase can CORRECTLY replace the red words in the sentence below?
The mane of the lion had dirt in it. 
a)
The lion' mane
b)
The lions' mane
c)
The lion's mane
d)
The lion's mane's