Commonly Confused:  Plurals and Possessives

 

Exercise 6

 

 
Each of the words below is either a noun or a possessive form.  Study each one and determine if it is a noun or a possessive.  Determine if it's a singular or plural noun, or a singular or plural possessive.  Place it in the proper column in the chart.



Nouns Possessives
singular plural singular plural
man sisters sister's grandparents'
sea grandparents man's families'
parent weekends parent's grandchildren's
grandchild families family's cousins'
family grandchildren other's people's
cousin people somebody's mens'
  countries country's others'
men bride's
    boy's  

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