28/04/2020Pace Work8 formТема: Присвійний відмінок множини.

The general rule is that the possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and s, whether the singular noun ends in s or not. The possessive of a plural noun is formed by adding only an apostrophe when the noun ends in s, and by adding both an apostrophe and s when it ends in a letter other than s.

Examples of this type of plural possessive noun include:

• Airplanes' wings
• Alarms' ringing
• Ankles' bones
• Appendices' entries
• Armchairs' arms
• Attorneys' fees
• Babies' rash
• Bathrooms' taps
• Bosses' orders
• Boys' club
• Bushes' flowers
• Calves' hooves
• Carpenters' tools
• Chairs' paintwork
• Children's hats
• Clocks' hands
• Companies' plan
• Countries' governments
• Designers' clothes
• Dishes' patterns
• Dogs' adventures
• Girls' sports
• Investors' advice
• Knives' blades
• Loaves' nutrition
• Mosquitoes' stingers
• Parents' books
• Pears' stories
• Potatoes' skin
• Rabbis' garb
• Smiths' grandchild
• Theses' criteria
• Trucks' wheels
• Witnesses' testimony

Sentence Examples

• Umbrellas' handles are sometimes carved.
• Witches' hats are usually pointed.
• Judges' wigs were powered in the old days.
• The fairies' wings were iridescent.
• Cherries' stones can break your teeth if you are not careful.
• The tables' legs were all wobbly and needed repair.

Irregular Plural Nouns Ending Without S

With irregular plural nouns that do not end with "s," add an apostrophe and "s." Examples are:

• Bacteria's invasion
• Cacti's protection
• Children's toys
• Criteria's timeline
• Die's roll
• Foci's interest
• Fungi's proliferation
• Gentlemen's association
• Lice's intrusion
• Media's influence
• Men's worries
• Mice's feet
• Nuclei's composition
• People's beliefs
• Phenomena's appearance
• Oxen's yokes
• Stimuli's effect
• Syllabi's needs
• Teeth's cavities
• Women's issues

Sentence Examples

• Dolphins got caught in the fishermen's nets.
• Postmen's bags are made of leather.
• The geese's eggs were found on the road, smashed.
• Hippopotami's mouths are huge.
• Servicemen's fees rise after hours and on weekends.
• Octopi's arms number eight and have several functions