1. If Samantha and Kevin are watching different movies, which of the following sentences is written correctly?
Samantha’s and Kevin movies are really long.
***Samantha’s and Kevin’s movies are really long.
Samantha and Kevin’s movies are really long.
Samantha and Kevin movies are really long.
2. How would you correct the following sentence?
***Parent’s cars are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
Parents’ cars are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
Usually lined up after school are the cars of parents waiting to pick up the children.
Cars of parents are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
After school, many parents cars are lined up to pick the children up.
3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
The class’ tests were all very good.
***The class’s tests were all very good.
The classes tests were all very good.
The class test were all very good.
4. Which of the following is the best way to rewrite the sentence below?
The coats of the students were hung in the closet.
The students’ coats’ were hung in the closet.
The students coats were hung in the closet.
***The students’ coats were hung in the closet.
The student coat were hung in the closet.
5. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
***Louis’s story is a sad and complicated one.
Louis’ story is a sad and complicated one.
Louis story is a sad and complicated one.
Louises story is a sad and complicated one.
6. If many runners on a team placed well at a track meet, which of the following sentences correctly uses the possessive?
The teams runners’ all ran well at the track meet.
The runners on the teams ran well at the track meet.
The teams runners all ran well at the track meet.
***The team’s runners all ran well at the track meet.
Samantha’s and Kevin movies are really long.
***Samantha’s and Kevin’s movies are really long.
Samantha and Kevin’s movies are really long.
Samantha and Kevin movies are really long.
2. How would you correct the following sentence?
***Parent’s cars are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
Parents’ cars are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
Usually lined up after school are the cars of parents waiting to pick up the children.
Cars of parents are usually lined up after school to pick up the children.
After school, many parents cars are lined up to pick the children up.
3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
The class’ tests were all very good.
***The class’s tests were all very good.
The classes tests were all very good.
The class test were all very good.
4. Which of the following is the best way to rewrite the sentence below?
The coats of the students were hung in the closet.
The students’ coats’ were hung in the closet.
The students coats were hung in the closet.
***The students’ coats were hung in the closet.
The student coat were hung in the closet.
5. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
***Louis’s story is a sad and complicated one.
Louis’ story is a sad and complicated one.
Louis story is a sad and complicated one.
Louises story is a sad and complicated one.
6. If many runners on a team placed well at a track meet, which of the following sentences correctly uses the possessive?
The teams runners’ all ran well at the track meet.
The runners on the teams ran well at the track meet.
The teams runners all ran well at the track meet.
***The team’s runners all ran well at the track meet.