Name______________________                                  Date________________________

     Write the plural form of the words in parentheses.

    1.  Hand me the two _______________ that are over there. (box)

    2.  Most of the newborn _________________  in the hospital look alike. (baby)

    3.  Let’s put all of the _________________ in straight rows. (desk)

    4.  Your  _______________________ will be placed in the hallway in the Blue Wing.

          (timeline)
    5.  They entered two of their best ______________ in the contest . (pony)

    6.   I own two kittens, three ________________, and a rabbit. (puppy)

    7.  If you don’t let me borrow your _______________, we will never be ____________

         again!  (note) (friend)

    8.  The ______________ and the ____________________ all dressed in elegant clothing and

         attended the opera. (lady ) (gentleman)

    Decide whether the words in parentheses should be singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive.

    Write your answer on the line.

    1.  The ______________soft coat was pure white. (rabbit, rabbit’s. rabbits. rabbits’)

    2.  The ______________soft coats were pure white. (rabbit, rabbit’s rabbits, rabbits’)

    3.  I went to the store and bought two ______________.  (rabbit, rabbit’s rabbits, rabbits’)

    4.  All of the ______________shoes were two small, so his mother had to take him shopping.

        (boy,  boy’s, boys, boys’)

    5.  The popcorn at  all of  the _______________ doesn’t taste good anymore. (movie,  movie’s,

          movies, movies’)

    6.  The _______________ behavior was so good that they all earned a pizza party.  (student,

         student’s, students, students’)

    7.  I have about 10 __________________ in this building who are  very good friends of  mine.

         (teacher, teacher’s, teachers, teachers’)

    Use each of the following words in sentences:

    mother’s __________________________________________________________________  

     governors’ _________________________________________________________________

    presidents__________________________________________________________________

    © Ellen Gabor, 2003

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