Worksheet

Possessives and Apostrophes

Grade 5 - Spelling - On Level

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

    • teams'
    • people's
    • children's
    • students'

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

    • The children's questions filled the board.
    • No apostrophe is ever used with children.
    • The correct form is childrens'.
    • childrens shows ownership here.

  3. What does "children's" mean?

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

  4. Write the possessive form of "children" to mean belonging to the children.

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

    • it changes a root into a suffix
    • the apostrophe replaces every vowel
    • it marks an unstressed syllable
    • put the apostrophe after the s in a regular plural

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

    • students'
    • teachers
    • teachers'
    • teams'

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

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

  8. What does "teacher's" mean?

    • belonging to more than one student
    • belonging to one teacher
    • belonging to the children
    • belonging to the people

  9. Write the possessive form of "students" to mean belonging to more than one student.

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

    • it marks an unstressed syllable
    • the apostrophe replaces every vowel
    • add apostrophe s to an irregular plural without final s
    • it changes a root into a suffix
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