Possessive Case of Nouns – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Regular or irregular plural? Complete the sentences with the correct possessive form: ’s or ’.

  1. Steve has two brothers. Steve is not allowed to take his (brother)   toys without asking.regular plural ending in -s: add an apostrophe (’) → brothers’
  2. The (woman)   national football team won on Saturday.irregular plural: add ’s → women’s
  3. The zoo keeper did his round and put food in all the (animal)   cages.regular plural ending in -s: add an apostrophe (’) → animals’
  4. The first day of the summer holidays is the (child)   favourite day of the year.irregular plural: add ’s → children’s
  5. Hannah has lots of friends. Two of them have their birthday on the same day. Hannah is buying a dress for her (friend)   joint birthday party.regular plural ending in -s: add an apostrophe (’) → friends’

Rewrite the underlined parts of the sentences using possessives with of.

  1. The competition’s winners will be announced later.
    → The   will be announced later.noun + of + noun
  2. The hotel’s reviews are all five stars.
    → The   are all five stars.noun + of + noun
  3. A captain’s job is to motivate the team.
    → The   is to motivate the team. noun + of + noun
  4. The students’ needs are very different.
    → The   are very different.noun + of + noun
  5. The car’s owner is German.
    →The   is German.noun + of + noun

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

  1. That’s .use the possessive ’s with living things
  2. I was bored during .use the possessive with of with words like beginning, middle, end …
  3. Do you have ?use the possessive ’s with time periods
  4. The is Scruffy.use the possessive ’s with living things
  5. What was ?use the possessive with of when the noun phrase is very long