Apostrophes
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- “What
- a
- beautiful
- child!
- She
- has
- her
- mothers
- eyes.”
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The right answer is: “What a beautiful child! She has her mother’s eyes.”
- “What
- a
- beautiful
- child!
- She
- has
- her
- mother's
- eyes.”
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- My
- brothers
- wife
- is
- one
- of
- my
- best
- friends.
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The right answer is: My brother’s wife is one of my best friends.
- My
- brother's
- wife
- is
- one
- of
- my
- best
- friends.
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- I
- couldnt
- believe
- it
- when
- I
- found
- out
- that
- I
- got
- the
- job!
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The right answer is: I couldn’t believe it when I found out that I got the job!
- I
- couldn't
- believe
- it
- when
- I
- found
- out
- that
- I
- got
- the
- job!
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- My
- supervisors
- informed
- me
- that
- I
- wouldnt
- be
- able
- to
- take
- the
- days
- off.
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The right answer is: My supervisors informed me that I wouldn’t be able to take the days off.
- My
- supervisors
- informed
- me
- that
- I
- wouldn't
- be
- able
- to
- take
- the
- days
- off.
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- I
- enjoyed
- the
- childrens
- performance.
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The right answer is: I enjoyed the children’s performance.
- I
- enjoyed
- the
- children's
- performance.
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- Wont
- you
- please
- join
- me
- for
- dinner
- tonight?
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The right answer is: Won’t you please join me for dinner tonight?
- Won't
- you
- please
- join
- me
- for
- dinner
- tonight?
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- Its
- time
- to
- go
- home.
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Try again!
The right answer is: It’s time to go home.
- It's
- time
- to
- go
- home.
Correct the following sentence.
- Do
- you
- know
- who's
- pen
- this
- is?
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Try again!
The right answer is: Do you know whose pen this is?
- Do
- you
- know
- whose
- pen
- this
- is?
Add apostrophes when needed in the following sentence.
- This
- is
- my
- bosss
- notebook.
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Try again!
The right answer is: This is my boss’s notebook.
- This
- is
- my
- boss's
- notebook.
Correct the following sentence.
- The
- dog
- has
- found
- it's
- bone.
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Try again!
The rigth answer is: The dog has found its bone.
- The
- dog
- has
- found
- its
- bone.
Attribution
This work includes material from the following sources:
Writing for Success. Saylor.org. Retreived from: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_writing-for-success/s07-05-apostrophes.html Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
