Worksheet

Possessives and Apostrophes

Grade 5 - Spelling - Challenge Me

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  1. Which possessive form means "belonging to one student"?

    • teams'
    • team's
    • student's
    • students

  2. Which sentence uses the possessive "teacher's" correctly?

    • No apostrophe is ever used with teacher.
    • teachers shows ownership here.
    • The teacher's guide explained the rubric.
    • The correct form is teachers'.

  3. What does "team's" mean?

    • belonging to the children
    • belonging to one team
    • belonging to more than one team
    • belonging to the people

  4. Write the possessive form of "team" to mean belonging to one team.

  5. Why is "student's" spelled with the apostrophe in that place?

    • it marks an unstressed syllable
    • the apostrophe replaces every vowel
    • it changes a root into a suffix
    • add apostrophe s to a singular noun

  6. Which possessive form means "belonging to more than one teacher"?

    • team's
    • teachers'
    • people's
    • student's

  7. Which sentence uses the possessive "team's" correctly?

    • teams shows ownership here.
    • No apostrophe is ever used with team.
    • The correct form is teams'.
    • The team's model used recycled cardboard.

  8. What does "students'" mean?

    • belonging to more than one team
    • belonging to one team
    • belonging to one student
    • belonging to more than one student

  9. Write the possessive form of "teams" to mean belonging to more than one team.

  10. Why is "team's" spelled with the apostrophe in that place?

    • it marks an unstressed syllable
    • it changes a root into a suffix
    • the apostrophe replaces every vowel
    • add apostrophe s to a singular noun
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