Possessive Forms Worksheet 1 Key

For each of the following words, write the singular possessive, plural, and plural possessive forms.                                                                                                                          

Singular possessive Plural  Plural possessive
1.  lady lady’s      ladies        ladies’     
2.  child  child’s    children   children’s
3.  sister-in-law sister-in-law’s sisters-in-law sisters-in-law’s
4.  Jones  Jones’s Joneses  Joneses’
5.  monkey   monkey’s  monkeys monkeys’
6.  Betty Betty’s  Bettyes Bettyes’
7.  baby      baby’s  babies babies’
8.  mouse     mouse’s       mice    mice’s
9.  person   person’s  people   people’s
10.  sheep    sheep’s   sheep sheep’s
11.  deer  deer’s   deer deer’s 
12.  bystander       bystander’s bystanders bystanders’
13.  Jerry  Jerry’s   Jerryes      Jerryes’
14.  goose  goose’s  geese   geese’s
15.  potato   potato’s    potatoes   potatoes’
16.  duty  duty’s  duties  duties’
17.  postman postman’s  postmen  postmen’s
18.  hero     hero’s       heroes  heroes’

                                                                                                                                                 

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