5th 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 5th 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 cats toy
- Bthe cat's toy
- Cthe cats' toy
Answer: the cat's toy
One cat: add 's → cat's.
- Athe boy's ball
- Bthe boys ball
- Cthe boys' ball
Answer: the boys' ball
More than one boy (boys): the word already ends in s, so add just ' → boys'.
Answer: mice's
mice is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → mice's.
- Athe dog's bowl
- Bthe dogs bowl
- Cthe dogs' bowl
Answer: the dog's bowl
One dog: add 's → dog's.
- Athe baby's blanket
- Bthe babies' blanket
- Cthe babies blanket
Answer: the babies' blanket
More than one baby (babies): the word already ends in s, so add just ' → babies'.
Answer: women's
women is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → women's.
- Athe birds' nest
- Bthe bird's nest
- Cthe birds nest
Answer: the bird's nest
One bird: add 's → bird'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.
Answer: teachers'
More than one teacher (teachers): the word already ends in s, so add just ' → teachers'.
- Athe peoples' car
- Bthe people's car
- Cthe people car
Answer: the people's car
people is a plural that does not end in s, so add 's → people's.
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