Educational worksheet teaching possessive nouns with apostrophes, including examples and practice sentences.

Here is the solution to the worksheet, with explanations for each answer based on the rules provided.

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Rules Recap:

1. Singular noun → add ’s
*Example:* teacher → teacher’s

2. Regular plural noun (ends in -s) → add only ’
*Example:* teachers → teachers’

3. Irregular plural noun (does NOT end in -s) → add ’s
*Example:* children → children’s

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Answers & Explanations:

#### 1. Carl favorite toy is broken.
→ Carl’s
✔ *“Carl” is a singular noun → add ’s*

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#### 2. We saw the queens crowns at the museum.
→ queens’
✔ *“Queens” is a regular plural noun (ends in -s) → add only ’*

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#### 3. Chef Carter cut the strawberries tops off.
→ strawberries’
✔ *“Strawberries” is a regular plural noun → add only ’*

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#### 4. The mother baby began to cry.
→ mother’s
✔ *“Mother” is singular → add ’s*

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#### 5. My neighbor newspaper is soaking wet.
→ neighbor’s
✔ *“Neighbor” is singular → add ’s*

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#### 6. Five zebras stripes were blue!
→ zebras’
✔ *“Zebras” is a regular plural noun → add only ’*

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#### 7. Place Karla Easter eggs on the table.
→ Karla’s
✔ *“Karla” is a singular proper noun → add ’s*

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#### 8. The clowns noses were red.
→ clowns’
✔ *“Clowns” is a regular plural noun → add only ’*

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#### 9. All of the women voices were heard.
→ women’s
✔ *“Women” is an irregular plural noun (does NOT end in -s) → add ’s*

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#### 10. Today is my parents wedding anniversary.
→ parents’
✔ *“Parents” is a regular plural noun → add only ’*

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#### 11. I found the policeman whistle.
→ policeman’s
✔ *“Policeman” is singular → add ’s*
*(Note: “policemen” would be plural and take ’, but here it’s singular.)*

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✔ Final Answer Key:

1. Carl’s
2. queens’
3. strawberries’
4. mother’s
5. neighbor’s
6. zebras’
7. Karla’s
8. clowns’
9. women’s
10. parents’
11. policeman’s

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