This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophe Omission And Possession – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophe Omission And Possession Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the answer that correctly uses apostrophes for the following sentence:When will you arrive for the (school) ceremony? A) Schools. B) School's. C) Schools'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) School's. 2. I can't handle all these punctuation rules. A) Rule 4. B) Rule 2. C) Rule 5. D) Rule 3. E) Rule 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rule 4. 3. Is the apostrophe used in a contraction or possessive noun?Sometime people get cranky when they're hungry. A) Contraction. B) Possessive Noun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contraction. 4. Identify the correct use of quotation marks in the following sentence:The teacher said, please open your books to page 10. A) The teacher said, please "open your books to page 10.". B) "The teacher said, please open your books to page 10.". C) The teacher said, "please open your books to page 10.". D) The teacher said, "Please open your books to page 10.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said, "Please open your books to page 10.". 5. The schoolbag belongs to Amelia. A) The schoolbag is Amelia's. B) The schoolbag is Amelias. C) The schoolbag is Amelias'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The schoolbag is Amelia's. 6. Complete this line:All of the ..... silk scarves are on sale today. A) Ladies. B) Ladie's. C) Ladies'. D) Ladys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ladys. 7. I wonder if ..... be able to see the other cohort in person this year, thought Samara. A) Ill. B) I'll. C) Ill. D) I'll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'll. 8. The contraction for are not A) Are't. B) Aren't. C) Arent. D) Are'n. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aren't. 9. "Cats" is an example of a(n) A) Adjective. B) Plural. C) Possessive. D) Contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plural. 10. What is the correct contraction for 'it is'? A) It's. B) It is. C) It has. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 11. If a possessive noun is an IRREGULAR PLURAL noun (children, men, women, geese, people, etc ..... ) only add: ..... Do NOT add an S first. Since irregular plural nouns are not spelled with an S like regular plural nouns are, their irregular spelling is already plural. A) '. B) 's. C) S'. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 's. 12. Caseys new bike is amazing. A) Caseys new bike is amazing. B) Caseys new bike is amazing. C) Casey's new bike is amazing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Casey's new bike is amazing. 13. The fight for women's rights is still being fought today. A) NO CHANGE. B) Womans'. C) Womens. D) Womens'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 14. How should the error in the sentence below be corrected?Who's house is the one that's painted blue? A) Who's should be Whose. B) That's should be thats. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's should be Whose. 15. Choose the correct answer for each sentence. Her ..... house is in White Bear Lake. (more than one parent) A) Parents. B) Parents'. C) Parent's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parents'. 16. Fill in the blank: "Whose" is used to show ..... A) Plural. B) Contraction. C) Question. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possession. 17. ..... hairstyles are creative. A) Alice and Roberta's. B) Alice's and Roberta's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alice's and Roberta's. 18. How would you punctuate the books belong to the students? A) The students' books. B) The students books'. C) The student's books. D) The students books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students' books. 19. The toilets allocated to the boys. A) The boy's toilet's. B) The boys' toilets. C) The boys toilets. D) The boy's toilets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boys' toilets. 20. You may find that ..... happier in the summertime. A) Your. B) Yours. C) You're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're. 21. After school, all of the kid's play in the field by the school. A) Delete the comma after school. B) No change needed. C) Change by to buy. D) Change kid's to kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change kid's to kids. 22. Fill in the blank:The plural of "toy" is ..... A) Toys. B) Toies. C) Toyeses. D) Toyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toys. 23. The contraction of did not A) Don't. B) Did'nt. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't. 24. Select the answer that correctly completes each sentence:What are ..... names? A) Your children's. B) You're childrens. C) Your childrens'. D) You's children's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your children's. 25. Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe of POSSESSION? A) My sister believes in life after death's. B) My sisters' husbands are all from China. C) Can you please tell me if you saw her?. D) It's not your turn!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sisters' husbands are all from China. 26. Michael watched his cousins dog run around the park. (There is only 1 cousin.) A) Counsins'. B) Cousin. C) Correct. D) Cousin's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cousin's. 27. Commas are used for: A) Items in a series. B) Introductory phrases. C) Interruptions in a sentence. D) Independent clauses joined together. E) All above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All above. 28. Theres not long now; only about three weeks time until the English exams. A) There's not long now; only about three weeks time until the English exam's. B) There's not long now; only about three weeks' time until the English exams. C) Theres' not long now; only about three weeks until the English exams. D) Theres not long now ; only about three weeks' time until the exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There's not long now; only about three weeks' time until the English exams. 29. Both of their ..... were out of tune. A) Pianos. B) Piano's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pianos. 30. Choose the correct answer for each sentence ..... presentation was a success. (They did the presentation together) A) Kiki and Ellen's. B) Kiki and Ellens'. C) Kiki's and Ellen's. D) Kiki's and Ellen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kiki and Ellen's. 31. Choose the correct sentence that shows possession with an apostrophe: A) The book's cover is torn. B) The books' cover is torn. C) The book cover's is torn. D) The books cover is torn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The book's cover is torn. 32. If there are two brothers, which sentence is correct? A) My brother's room is upstairs. B) My brotheres room is upstairs. C) My brothers room is upstairs. D) My brothers' room is upstairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brothers' room is upstairs. 33. What needs to be changed in the following sentence?The womens restroom is to the right. A) No change. B) The women's restroom. C) The womens' restroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The women's restroom. 34. ..... having a great time! A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're. 35. When adding an apostrophe do you add it onto the owner or what is being owned? A) Owner. B) What is being owned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owner. 36. Choose the correct answer for each sentence ..... going to the game with us? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who's. 37. The skyline of one city = One ..... skyline A) Citys. B) City's. C) Cities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City's. 38. What 2 words make up this contractionThey'll A) They tell. B) They will. C) They are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will. 39. Which of the following sentences does not contain a common error with apostrophes? A) The Jones house is on the corner. B) The Jones' house is on the corner. C) The Jones's house is on the corner. D) The Joneses' house is on the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Jones's house is on the corner. 40. We saw the mountains rise at the valley's edge. A) NO CHANGE. B) Valleys' edge. C) Valleys edge. D) Vallies' edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 41. What needs to be changed in the following sentence?The dogs tails wagged when their owner came home. A) No change. B) The dog's tails. C) The dogs' tails. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dogs' tails. 42. The lunch belongs to Bob. It is: A) Bob's lunch. B) Bobs lunch. C) Bob lunch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob's lunch. 43. Rewrite to form a possessive:the tops of three jars A) Three jars' tops. B) Three jars' tops'. C) Three jar's top's. D) Three jars tops'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three jars' tops. 44. Rewrite to form a possessive noun:the office of the principal. A) The office's of the principal. B) The principal's office. C) The office's principal. D) The principals' office. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The principal's office. 45. What two words make up the contraction didn't? A) Did would. B) Did neither. C) Did know. D) Did not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not. 46. Which word should have an apostrophe in the sentence? The ducks wings help it fly and escape predators easily. A) Wings'. B) Duck's. C) Predator's. D) Ducks'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duck's. 47. During a conversation, Benjamin said 'I can't go to the park today.' Which part of Benjamin's statement is an example of a contraction? A) Aren't. B) Don't. C) Isn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 48. Sandra asked loudly "What's that noise!" A) Change asked to asking. B) Change What's to Whats. C) Make no change. D) Insert a comma after loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insert a comma after loudly. 49. Fill in the blank with the correct word using an apostrophe: "She ..... (would not) help him with his homework." A) Would'nt. B) Wouldnt. C) Wouldn't. D) Would not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wouldn't. 50. What needs to be changed in the following sentence?I'm not going unless you're coming. A) No change. B) Your'e. C) Im. D) Youre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 51. The possessive form of:the toys of the baby A) The toys' of the baby. B) The babies' toys. C) The baby's toys. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The baby's toys. 52. The cookie belongs to Zamon. A) Zamon's cookie. B) Zamons' cookie. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zamon's cookie. 53. I know ..... wrong, but it feels so right. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 54. Four birds own the nest A) Bird's nest. B) Birds' nest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birds' nest. 55. The house that belongs to the Jones family. A) The Joneses house. B) The Jones's house. C) The Jone's house. D) The Joneses' house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Joneses' house. 56. Your backyard is so big! A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 57. ..... not nice to be selfish with your toys. A) Its. B) Its'. C) It's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's. 58. Where does the apostrophe go in this sentence:"Tiffanys mom says shell ace her Math final." A) After the S in "Tiffanys" and after the L in "Shell". B) Before the S in "Tiffanys" and between the E and L in "Shell". C) After the M in "mom" and before the M in "math". D) After the M in "Math" and before the S in "Tiffanys". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the S in "Tiffanys" and between the E and L in "Shell". 59. Is the apostrophe in the correct place?Blair's shoes are green and yellow. A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 60. Select the sentence which correctly uses the apostrophe.The name of the lady is 'Sandy Finch' A) My son can't seem to get enough of Sandi Finchs' fried chicken. B) My son can't seem to get enough of Sandi Finch's fried chicken. C) My son can't seem to get enough of Sandi Finchs's fried chicken. D) None of the above. 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