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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
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

The jazz age of the 1920s was filled with great bands such as Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Bix Beiderbecke's The Wolverines.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The jazz age of the 1920's was filled with great bands such as Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Bix Beiderbecke's The Wolverines.

  3. The jazz age of the 1920s was filled with great bands such as Louis Armstrongs Hot Five and Bix Beiderbeckes The Wolverines.

  4. The jazz age of the 1920s was filled with great bands such as Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Bix Beiderbeckes The Wolverines.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is correct. The plural of a decade is written as '1920s' without an apostrophe, and possessives for names like 'Armstrong's' require an apostrophe.

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

In the 1920s, women, often called flappers, wore knee-length dresses and cut their hair in a short bob.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. In the 1920's, women, often called flappers wore knee-length dresse's and cut their hair in a short bob.

  2. In the 1920s, women, often called flapper's, wore knee-length dress's and cut their hair in a short bob.

  3. In the 1920's, women, often called flappers', wore knee-length dresses and cut their hair in a short bob.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the plurals of nouns, abbreviations, or dates made up of numbers use only a 's' or 'es', if the noun in question forms it's plural with -es and no apostrophe. Therefore, in the given sentence, the plural of 1920 should be written as '1920s'. Similarly, the plural of the words flapper and dress should be flappers and dresses respectively.
Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer is Option D, no change. The other remaining options are incorrect.

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:

The bus's wheel would not turn and the passengers fears rose as they sped along a curving road. 

  1. The bus's wheel would not turn and the passengers' fears rose as they sped along a curving road.

  2. The bus' wheel would not turn and the passengers' fears rose as they sped along a curving road.

  3. The bus's wheel would not turn and the passenger's fears rose as they sped along a curving road.

  4. No Change

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the possessive of common nouns ending in s is written using a apostrophe followed by s (here, bus). However, to show plural possession of regular nouns, an apostrophe after the s of the plural noun must be used (here, passengers).
Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer is Option A. The remaining answers are incorrect.