4th Grade Possessive Apostrophes (the dog's bowl, the dogs' bowl) Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the 4th Grade punctuation worksheet.
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One owner: add 's. More than one owner ending in s: add just '. Plurals without s (children, men): add 's.
- Athe horses stable
- Bthe horses' stable
- Cthe horse's stable
Answer: the horse's stable
One horse: add 's → horse's.
- Athe dogs' bowl
- Bthe dogs bowl
- Cthe dog's bowl
Answer: the dogs' bowl
More than one dog (dogs): the word already ends in s, so add just ' → dogs'.
Answer: mice's
mice is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → mice's.
- Athe girls' bike
- Bthe girls bike
- Cthe girl's bike
Answer: the girl's bike
One girl: add 's → girl's.
- Athe teachers desk
- Bthe teacher's desk
- Cthe teachers' desk
Answer: the teachers' desk
More than one teacher (teachers): the word already ends in s, so add just ' → teachers'.
Answer: women's
women is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → women's.
- Athe geeses' pond
- Bthe geese pond
- Cthe geese's pond
Answer: the geese's pond
geese is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → geese's.
- Athe mens' hat
- Bthe men hat
- Cthe men's hat
Answer: the men's hat
men is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → men's.
Answer: people's
people is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → people's.
- Athe bird's nest
- Bthe birds' nest
- Cthe birds nest
Answer: the bird's nest
One bird: add 's → bird's.
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