Possessive Nouns Quiz

1. What is a possessive noun?

A noun that shows ownership or relationship between two objects.
A noun that is always plural.
A noun that is always singular.
A noun that cannot be used in a sentence.

2. How do you make a noun possessive?

Add an "s" to the end of the noun.
Add an apostrophe and "s" to the end of the noun.
Add an "es" to the end of the noun.
Add an "ing" to the end of the noun.

3. How do you make a plural noun that ends in "s" possessive?

Add an apostrophe and "s".
Add an apostrophe.
Add an "s".
No change needed.

4. Which of the following is a correct possessive noun?

Childrens’
Children's
Childrens
Childs'

5. Which of the following sentences uses a possessive noun correctly?

The dogs tail is wagging.
The dogs' tail is wagging.
The dog’s tail is wagging.
The dog tail’s is wagging.

6. Which of the following is NOT a correct possessive noun?

James’s car
Dogs’ tails
Womens’ clothes
Teacher’s desk

7. Which of the following sentences uses a possessive noun incorrectly?

The men's room is on the left.
The womens' room is on the right.
The children's playground is new.
The student's books are heavy.

8. Which of the following is a correct possessive form of a noun ending in "s"?

James's
James’
Jameses’
James

9. Which of the following is a correct possessive form of a plural noun not ending in "s"?

Childrens’
Children’s
Childrens
Child’s

10. Which of the following sentences uses a possessive noun correctly?

The cats’ paws are soft.
The cat’s paws are soft.
The cats paws are soft.
The cats’ paw’s are soft.