Fill in the blank

Possessive 's —
Owner or Plain Plural?.

Complete each of the 13 sentences with the form that matches the owner described: an apostrophe form when something belongs to someone, and a plain plural when nothing is owned.

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Question 1

The market on Friday is full of colour. All the _____ on that stall are very fresh.

Options: apples, apple's, apples'

Question 2

Rafael bought the small blue van last month. That is _____ van outside the gate.

Options: Rafaels, Rafael's, Rafael

Question 3

Six firefighters share the room at the top of the stairs. The _____ helmets hang by the door.

Options: firefighter's, firefighters, firefighters'

Question 4

This shop sells shoes and coats for men only. It is the _____ department on the first floor.

Options: men's, mens, mens'

Question 5

There is only one vet in our village. The _____ daughter is in my class.

Options: vets', vet's, vets

Question 6

Nobody owns the wooden benches by the lake; they belong to the town. The _____ were painted last week.

Options: bench's, benches', benches

Question 7

Lara and Tomás are twins, and they share one bedroom. The _____ bedroom is at the end of the corridor.

Options: twins', twin's, twins

Question 8

A group of women started this choir in 1990. It is still called the _____ choir today.

Options: womens, women's, womens'

Question 9

Our town has one library, and it opened in March. The _____ reading room is upstairs.

Options: libraries', libraries, library's

Question 10

Four guests left their coats in the hall this morning. I hung the _____ coats on the hooks.

Options: guests', guest's, guests

Question 11

Iris moved into the flat above ours last year. We met _____ brother on the stairs yesterday.

Options: Irises, Iris's, Iris

Question 12

I have two aunts, and they own a house together in Braga. We stayed at my _____ house in August.

Options: aunt's, aunts, aunts'

Question 13

The vase on that shelf is not for sale, and neither are the _____ beside it.

Options: plates, plate's, plates'

Practice Possessive 's — Owner or Plain Plural? with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 13 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every choice.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Possessive 's — Owner or Plain Plural? in everyday English.

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