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Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Ann is ________ wife.

  1. John's

  2. John is

  3. John's is

  4. John
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The given sentence describes Ann as John's wife. According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun and names are shown using an apostrophe and s. Thus, the correct answer is Option A. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option B - The possessive of a noun is described using an apostrophe and s. Option C - It's with an apostrophe is an contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'.
Option D - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The policeman is holding the ________ right arm.

  1. robber

  2. robber's

  3. robbers

  4. robbers'
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun and names are shown using an apostrophe and s. Thus, the correct answer is Option B. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option A - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Option C and D - The possessive of a singular noun has to be described using an apostrophe and s. 

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
This is not my bicycle. It is my _____ bicycle.

  1. fathers

  2. father

  3. father'

  4. father's
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The given sentence describes the bicycle as belonging to the father. According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun and names are shown using an apostrophe and s. Thus, the correct answer is Option D. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option A  and C - The possessive of a singular noun has to be described using an apostrophe and s. 
Option B - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: Whose house is that?
B: It's ________ .

  1. the Taylor

  2. the Taylors

  3. the Taylor's

  4. the Taylors'
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the possessive of a plural noun, that end in s, is shown using only an apostrophe. Thus, the correct answer is Option D. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option A - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Option B and C - The possessive of a plural noun has to be described using an apostrophe. 

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
It was my ____________ watch.

  1. grandfathers

  2. of grandfather

  3. grandfather's

  4. grandfather
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The given sentence describes the watch as belonging to the grandfather. According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun and names are shown using an apostrophe and s. Thus, the correct answer is Option C. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option A  and B - The possessive of a singular noun has to be described using an apostrophe and s. 
Option D - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I can see the __________ bicycles.

  1. boys'

  2. boys

  3. boy

  4. of the boys
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The given sentence describes the bicycle as belonging to the boys. According to general rule, the possessive of a plural noun, that ends in s, is shown using only an apostrophe. Thus, the correct answer is Option A. 
The other remaining options are incorrect .
Option B and D - The possessive of a plural noun has to be described using an apostrophe. 
Option C - The possessive of the noun is not defined here.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Fill in the blank with appropriate option:
___ given in the question

  1. It's

  2. Its

  3. There

  4. It
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'It's' is a contraction of 'It is', which is grammatically required to introduce the statement 'given in the question'. 'Its' is a possessive pronoun, and 'There' or 'It' alone would not form a complete, grammatically correct clause in this context.

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Identify the sentence with the correct placement of apostrophes:

  1. The two boy's bags were lying at the river's edge.

  2. The two boys bag's were lying at the rivers' edge.

  3. The two boys' bags were lying at the river's edge.

  4. The two boys' bags' were lying at the rivers edge.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun (here, 'river') is formed by adding an apostrophe (') and s. Therefore, the correct form of writing the possessive of river is 'river's'. Only and apostrophe is added for nouns that are plural and end with an s.Therefore the correct form of writing the possessive of boys is boys'.
Thus, by applying the rules of using apostrophe and eliminating the incorrect options, the correct answer must be Option C.

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
There are two new lady MPs in Johnsons party at Parliament.

  1. There are two new lady MP's in Johnson's party at Parliament.

  2. There are two new lady MP's in Johnsons party at Parliament.

  3. There are two new lady MPs in Johnson's party at Parliament.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and s, whether the singular noun ends in s or not. Therefore, in the given sentence, the possessive of the word Johnson should be written as 'Johnson's'.
The possessive is seldom used to form a plural noun. Thus, the plural of MP  can be written as 'MP's'.
Therefore, according to the rule, the correct answer will be Option C.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

The 60s saw feminist books like Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique released to much acclaim.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The 60s saw feminist books like Betty Friedans The Feminine Mystique released to much acclaim.

  3. The 60's saw feminist books like Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique released to much acclaim.

  4. The 60's saw feminist books like Betty Friedans' The Feminine Mystique released to much acclaim.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer