This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Possessive Apostrophes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The population of Cyprus. A) Cypruss population. B) Cyprus' population. C) Cyprus's population. D) Cypruses population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyprus's population. 2. The house that belongs to the family. A) The familys house. B) The family's house. C) The families house. D) The familys' house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The family's house. 3. The children's toys are scattered everywhere. What does the apostrophe in 'children's' show? A) Contraction. B) Possession. C) Plural. D) Verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possession. 4. Choose the Correct Sentence (Plural) A) The loyal opposition scorned the committee's decisions. B) The loyal opposition scorned the committees decisions. C) The loyal opposition scorned the committees' decisions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The loyal opposition scorned the committees' decisions. 5. Which of the following is just really not a thing? A) Its. B) It's. C) Its'. D) January 21st:National Squirrel Appreciation Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its'. 6. The boy's hat blew away in the wind. What does the apostrophe in 'boy's' show? A) Plural. B) Possession. C) Contraction. D) Verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possession. 7. When multiple girls bake multiple pies, you refer to these desserts as A) The girls pies. B) The girl's pies. C) The girls' pies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girls' pies. 8. Identify the correct use of possessive apostrophe:The childrens' playground is new. The children's playground is new. The childrens playground is new. A) The childrens' playground is new. B) The children's playground is new. C) The childrens playground is new. D) The childrens's playground is new. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children's playground is new. 9. The treasure belonging to the pirates A) The pirates' treasure. B) The pirates treasure. C) The pirates's treasure. D) The pirateses treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pirates' treasure. 10. Choose the Correct Form of "It" A) The bull lowered it's head. B) The bull lowered its head. C) The bull lowered its' head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bull lowered its head. 11. The whiskers that belong to the cat. A) The cats whiskers. B) The cat, s whiskers. C) The cats' whiskers. D) The cat's whiskers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cats' whiskers. 12. Identify the sentence with the correct use of possessive apostrophe:The teachers' lounge is off-limits. The teacher's lounge is off-limits. The teachers lounge is off-limits. A) The teachers' lounge is off-limits. B) The teacher's lounges is off-limits. C) The teachers lounge is off-limits. D) The teacher's lounge is off-limits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teachers' lounge is off-limits. 13. The toys that belong to the children. A) The childrens toys. B) The children's toys. C) The childrens' toys. D) The childrens's toys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children's toys. 14. The idea of the girls A) The girls' idea. B) The girl's idea. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls' idea. 15. "Who's" is A) A contraction of "who is" or "who has". B) The possessive form of who. C) Another spelling of whose. D) The sound of an owl and a snake arguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contraction of "who is" or "who has". 16. The cat's whiskers twitched with excitement. What does the apostrophe in 'cat's' show? A) Possession. B) Pluralization. C) Contraction. D) Verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possession. 17. The house belongs to my parents. A) My parent's house. B) My parentss house. C) My parentses house. D) My parents' house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My parents' house. 18. Someone left an iPad in my room. (a) iPad is it? A) A. Whose. B) Who's. C) Whose's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Whose. 19. The teacher's desk is neat and organized. What does the apostrophe in 'teacher's' show? A) Possession. B) Contraction. C) Comparison. D) Plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possession. 20. The legendary writer and naturalist began his observations during childhood, in the forests around his familys' home in western Massachusetts. A) NO CHANGE. B) Family's. C) Families'. D) Families. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family's. 21. People are the only subjects that can possess other things. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. The tools belonging to the plumbers A) The plumberers tools. B) The plumbers' tools. C) The plumber's tools. D) The plumbers's tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plumbers' tools. 23. "Their" is A) A place. B) The plural possessive form of "they". C) A contraction of "they are". D) A fake word because i before e, amiright?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plural possessive form of "they". 24. Choose the sentence that is correctly written. A) The puppys feet were sore and tired after its long walk. B) The puppys's feet were sore and tired after its long walk. C) The puppy's feet were sore and tired after its long walk. D) The puppys' feet were sore and tired after its long walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The puppy's feet were sore and tired after its long walk. 25. Identify the correct use of possessive apostrophe:The ..... decision was final. A) Judges. B) Judge's. C) Judges'. D) Judges's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judge's. 26. Only one of these sentences uses all apostrophes correctly. A) The teams manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance. B) The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance. C) The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the player's performance. D) The team's managers attitude was affecting all the player's performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance. 27. Choose the correct possessive form:the house of the Johnsons A) Johnson's house. B) Johnsons' house. C) Johnsons house. D) Johnson's houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johnsons' house. 28. Identify the error in the following sentence:The teachers' lounge is next to the principals office. A) Teachers'. B) Principals. C) Next to. D) Lounge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principals. 29. Choose the correct possessive form:The toys of the children. A) The childrens toys. B) The children's toys. C) The childrens' toys. D) The childrens's toys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children's toys. 30. The ball belonging to the children A) The childrenss ball. B) The children's ball. C) The children, s ball. D) The children' ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children's ball. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPossessive Apostrophes Quiz 2Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 3Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 4Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 5Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 6Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 7Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 8Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 9Possessive Apostrophes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books