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Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

The teachers attendance book recorded teachers attendance through the years classes.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The teacher's attendance book recorded teacher's attendance through the year's classes.

  3. The teachers' attendance book recorded teachers' attendance through the years classes.

  4. The teachers' attendance book recorded teachers' attendance through the year's classes.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - teachers). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, the possession of singular nouns require an apostrophe followed by s (here, year).
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option D. The remaining options are incorrect.

Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

Choose the option that best corrects the given sentence:
The ladies tennis clubs latest newsletter has news of their members latest achievements.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The lady's tennis clubs latest newsletter has news of their member's latest achievements.

  3. The ladies tennis club's latest newsletter has news of their members latest achievements.

  4. The ladies' tennis club's latest newsletter has news of their members' latest achievements.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - ladies, members). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, the possession of singular nouns require an apostrophe followed by s.
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option C. The remaining options are incorrect.
Multiple choice apostrophe mark punctuation english

The babies crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The baby's crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

  3. The babies' crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

  4. The babies crying disturbed their parent's during their meditation class.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - babies). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, no punctuation is required to make a regular noun plural (here, parents).
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option C. The remaining options are incorrect.