This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophes – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophes Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bags that belong to the men. A) The menss bags. B) The men's bag's. C) The mens' bag's. D) The men's bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The men's bags. 2. You hear the word "flour" in a sentence about baking. Which homophone could be confused with it, and how would you clarify the meaning in writing? A) Flower; by using context about baking. B) Floor; by spelling it differently. C) Fluer; by using a dictionary. D) Flur; by pronouncing it differently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flower; by using context about baking. 3. Choose the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe for a plural possession. A) The two dogs' collars were on the table. B) The two dog's collars were on the table. C) The two dogs collars were on the table. D) The two dogs collar's were on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The two dogs' collars were on the table. 4. Television's A) Singular. B) Plural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singular. 5. What is the purpose of a possessive apostrophe? A) To indicate possession or ownership. B) To form the plural of lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. C) To join two words by replacing missing letters. D) To indicate the omission of letters in abbreviations or acronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To indicate possession or ownership. 6. Which of the following is the correct possessive form of the contraction 'it is'? A) It. B) It is'. C) Its. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 7. A student writes: "The boys hats are on the table." How would you rewrite the sentence to show that the hats belong to more than one boy? A) The boy's hats are on the table. B) The boys' hats are on the table. C) The boys hats' are on the table. D) The boys hat's are on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boys' hats are on the table. 8. Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe for a plural possessive? A) The kids' toys are in the box. B) The kid's toys are in the box. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The kids' toys are in the box. 9. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to indicate a contraction? A) She'll go to the store later. B) She'ill go to the store later. C) She'ell go to the store later. D) She'lll go to the store later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She'll go to the store later. 10. Which answer choice has the most amount of mistakes? A) Dont feed her dog's that. You cant feed the dog's or shell get upset. B) Dont feed her dogs that. You can't feed the dogs or she'll get upset. C) Don't feed her dogs that. You can't feed the dogs or shell get upset. D) Dont feed her dogs that. You cant feed the dogs or she'll get upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dont feed her dog's that. You cant feed the dog's or shell get upset. 11. When asked what would be lost by deleting a sentence, the correct answer will simply ..... A) Identify the author's tone. B) Identify the author's intention. C) Describe that sentence. D) Describe the entire paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe that sentence. 12. The eyes of the Yeti glowed in the night. A) The Yetis' eyes glowed in the night. B) The Yetis eyes glowed in the night. C) The Yeti's eyes glowed in the night. D) The Yeti eyes' glowed in the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Yeti's eyes glowed in the night. 13. Choose the sentence that correctly applies a semicolon. A) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore, I need to prepare tonight. B) I have a meeting tomorrow:therefore, I need to prepare tonight. C) I have a meeting tomorrow, therefore, I need to prepare tonight. D) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore I need to prepare tonight.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore, I need to prepare tonight. 14. Frances tried my chocolate-broccoli muffins and made a face. Maybe hell like yours better since you use fresh broccoli. A) Muffin's. B) He'll. C) Yours'. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He'll. 15. What change, if any, needs to be made to the following sentence? Don't go into my sisters room or she will get mad. A) Change sisters to sister's. B) Change Don't to Dont. C) Insert a comma after room. D) No change is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change sisters to sister's. 16. Pick the sentence with the possessive apostrophe in the correct place. A) The dog owner's club meets three times a year. B) The dog owners club meets three times a year. C) The dog owners' club meets three times a year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog owners' club meets three times a year. 17. If the administrators had a party, it would be ..... A) The administrators' party. B) The administrators party. C) The administrator's party. D) The administrator party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The administrators' party. 18. Which word in the following sentence is an indefinite pronoun? "Everyone should bring their own lunch to the picnic." A) Lunch. B) Everyone. C) Picnic. D) BringTagsQuickeasyChanakyaGrammarINDEFINITE PRONOUN AND APOSTROPHES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone. 19. Where does the missing comma belong in the following sentence:Last the girls will eat their sandwiches, drink milk, and play board games. A) After and. B) After last. C) After drink. D) No commas are missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After last. 20. Which word in the following sentence should have a comma after it:Sue please make sure to buy a cake for Sally's birthday. A) Sure. B) Please. C) Sally's. D) Sue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sue. 21. Page 18, Question #43 (Main Idea) A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 22. Where does the missing comma belong in the following sentence:Because my favorite hobby is fishing my father gave me a new fishing rod. A) After because. B) After hobby. C) After fishing. D) After father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After fishing. 23. Which contraction is correct for 'we have'? A) We'ave. B) We'vee. C) We'v. D) We've. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We've. 24. Choose the correct contraction of 'they are'. A) They is. B) They're not. C) They're. D) They'ren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 25. Select the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe to show joint possession. A) Lisa and Brian's apartment is on the corner. B) Lisa's and Brian's apartment is on the corner.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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