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