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Questions Related to apostrophe mark

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

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. the Taylor

  2. the Taylors

  3. the Taylor's

  4. the Taylors'

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Correct Option: D
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. 

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

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. grandfathers

  2. of grandfather

  3. grandfather's

  4. grandfather

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Correct Option: C
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.

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

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. boys'

  2. boys

  3. boy

  4. of the boys

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Correct Option: A
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.

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

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. It's

  2. Its

  3. There

  4. It

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Correct Option: A

Identify the sentence with the correct placement of apostrophes:

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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.

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Correct Option: C
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.

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

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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

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Correct Option: C
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.

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

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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.

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Correct Option: A,C

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.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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.

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Correct Option: A,B

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.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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

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Correct Option: D
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.

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. 

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  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 

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Correct Option: A
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.