Exercises 3: Possession | Practice Test Online

Question 1:  Which punctuation mark is commonly used to indicate possession in singular nouns?

(A) Hyphen

(B) Period

(C) Apostrophe

(D) Semicolon

Correct Answer: 1C

Question 2:  What is the possessive form of the noun 'company'?

(A) companys'

(B) company's

(C) companies'

(D) companyes'

Correct Answer: 2B

Question 3:  In the phrase 'the cat's meow', what does the apostrophe indicate?

(A) Plural

(B) Possession

(C) Contraction

(D) Comparison

Correct Answer: 3B

Question 4:  Which punctuation mark is used before 's' to denote possession in plural nouns?

(A) Apostrophe

(B) Period

(C) Hyphen

(D) Exclamation mark

Correct Answer: 4A

Question 5:  What is the correct possessive form of the noun 'child'?

(A) childs'

(B) child's

(C) children's

(D) childes'

Correct Answer: 5B

Question 6:  Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct punctuation for possession?

(A) The bird's nest

(B) The birds nest

(C) The birds' nest

(D) The bird's nests

Correct Answer: 6A

Question 7:  What is the correct possessive form of the noun 'student'?

(A) students's

(B) students

(C) student's

(D) students'

Correct Answer: 7C

Question 8:  In the sentence 'The dog's bark', what does the apostrophe signify?

(A) Plural

(B) Possession

(C) Contraction

(D) Comparison

Correct Answer: 8B

Question 9:  Which of the following is an example of a possessive pronoun?

(A) She

(B) Them

(C) Hers

(D) They

Correct Answer: 9C

Question 10:  Which punctuation mark is used to denote possession?

(A) Comma

(B) Period

(C) Apostrophe

(D) Quotation mark

Correct Answer: 10C