Plural Possessive Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1Which phrase correctly refers to recipes belonging to both of your sisters-in-law?
  • Use “my sister’s-in-law recipes,” placing the possessive mark inside the compound.
  • Use “my sisters’-in-law recipes,” attaching the possessive mark before the rest of the compound.
  • Use “my sisters-in-law’s recipes,” pluralizing the main noun and making the full compound possessive.
  • Use “my sisters-in-laws’ recipes,” pluralizing law because it appears last.
• 2Which phrase correctly names a nesting area used by several geese?
  • Use “the goose’s nesting area,” which refers to a single goose.
  • Use “the geese’s nesting area” because geese is an irregular plural that does not end in s.
  • Use “the geeses’ nesting area” because an s must be added before the possessive apostrophe.
  • Use “the bird nesting areas,” which changes the specific owners and makes area plural.
• 3Which sentence correctly shows that a lounge is intended for multiple teachers?
  • The teacher’s lounge is being renovated, indicating that one teacher owns or uses it.
  • The teachers’ lounge is being renovated, indicating that multiple teachers use it.
  • The teaching lounge is being renovated, replacing the intended reference to the teachers.
  • The teachers are renovating a lounge, which makes teachers possessive without an apostrophe.