Apostrophe Rules

Ownership

100

Choose the correct answer? How many dogs did (Mike's / Mikes) family own?

Mike's is the correct answer

200

Choose the correct answer. (Josephs)(Joseph's) books are missing.

Joseph's is the correct answer

300

Choose the correct answer. (It's)(Its) not alright that you snuck out of the house!

It's

400

Choose the correct answer [last name is Jone] The (Jones')(Jone's)(Jones's) house is right around the corner.

Jone's

500

Choose the correct answer. The (phones)(phone's)(phones's) chords are tangled up.

Phone's

Plural Nouns

100

The ______ voices were beautiful. A: singer's B: singers'

B: singers'

200

That ______ leaves are starting to fall. A: tree's B: trees'

A: tree's

300

The lead _______ voice is beautiful. A: singer's B: singers'

A: singer's

400

All those maple _____ leaves are turning red. A: tree's B: trees'

B: trees'

500

The ______ leashes all got tangled. A: dog's B: dogs'

B: dogs'

Pronouns

100

Name three commonly used indefinite pronouns

Anybody, anyone, each other, everybody, everything, nobody, no one, one, somebody, everyone, someone, else

200

To form the possessive case of an indefinite pronoun, you do this to the pronoun

Add an apostrophe and a 's'

300

Everyone elses opinions seem better than yours. Fix the sentence

Change elses to else's

400

I believe the money is theirs', not your's Fix the sentence

Change theirs' to theirs, and your's to yours

500

The dog fell on its side. Find where the apostrophe should go

There is no apostrophe needed in the sentence (its is a personal pronoun)

Possessives

100

What is the possessive plural form of the word boy? Boys's OR Boys'

Boys'

200

To form the possessive case of a singular noun, do you add an 's or s'

An apostrophe and an 's'

300

Where does the apostrophe go when the plural noun ends in an s?

In between the noun and the 's'

400

My (teachers / teacher's) favorite kid did not attend class today.

Teacher's

500

Everyone knew (Meghan's / Meghans) favorite book is written by John Green

Meghan's

Adjectives

100

I missed yesterdays' bus. Fix the sentence

I missed yesterday's bus.

200

We left yesterdays game early when the Broncos trailed 25-0. Fix the sentence

We left yesterday's game early when the Broncos trailed 25-0.

300

We arrived early to (yesterdays / yesterday's) first period class.

yesterday's

400

I got ready for tomorrow's party. Fix the sentence

There is no mistake in the sentence above!

500

The four (months / month's) of swim practice helped in getting into the team; although, I could have done better at the try-outs.

The correct answer is months because the word month is followed by 'of' getting rid of the apostrophe