Singular Or Plural Possessive Nouns? Worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to decide if the underlined possessive noun is singular (one thing) or plural (more than one thing).

Remember:
- If the word ends in ’s, it could be singular OR plural — we have to look at the base word.
- If the word ends in just ’ (apostrophe only), it’s usually a plural noun that already ends in “s”.

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1. bed’s → “bed” is one bed → singular

2. pages’ → “pages” is more than one page → plural

3. scientists’ → “scientists” is more than one scientist → plural

4. cow’s → “cow” is one cow → singular

5. baskets’ → “baskets” is more than one basket → plural

6. cord’s → “cord” is one cord → singular

7. dress’ → Wait! This looks tricky. “Dress” is singular, but here it’s written as “dress’” — that’s actually incorrect grammar for singular. But since the worksheet has it this way, and “dress” is one dress, we’ll treat it as singular (even though it should be “dress’s”). Maybe it’s a typo, but based on meaning: one dress → singular

8. puppy’s → “puppy” is one puppy → singular

9. phone’s → “phone” is one phone → singular

10. women’s → “women” is plural (more than one woman) → plural

11. lamp’s → “lamp” is one lamp → singular

12. doctors’ → “doctors” is more than one doctor → plural

13. character’s → “character” is one character → singular

14. eggs’ → “eggs” is more than one egg → plural

15. author’s → “author” is one author → singular

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Final Answer:

1. singular
2. plural
3. plural
4. singular
5. plural
6. singular
7. singular
8. singular
9. singular
10. plural
11. singular
12. plural
13. singular
14. plural
15. singular