Apostrophes: Exercise 1

Based on the rules for using apostrophes, choose the correct version of the words from the drop down list to complete the sentences.

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1. Whos Who's the partys party's candidate for vice president this year?

2. The fox had its it's right foreleg caught securely in the traps trap's jaws.

3. Our neighbors neighbor's car is an old Chrysler, and its it's just about to fall apart.

4. In three weeks weeks' time well we'll have to begin school again.

5. Didnt Didn't you hear that theyre they're leaving tomorrow?

6. Whenever I think of the stories I read as a child, I remember Cinderellas Cinderella's glass slipper and Snow Whites Snow White's wicked stepmother.

7. We claimed the picnic table was ours our's but the Smiths Smiths' children looked so disappointed that we found another spot.

8. Its It's important that the kitten learns to find its it's way home.

9. She did not hear her childrens children's cries.

10. My address has three 7s 7's and Tims Tim's phone number has four 2s 2's .

PLEASE NOTE: The answer numbers on this quiz do not correspond to the question numbers. Each drop-down answer has a separate number even if it belongs to a differently numbered question. We're aware that it's confusing and we're going to switch to a new system.