English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 67

In the space provided under each sentence, add the one apostrophe needed and explain why the other word or words ending in -s are simple plurals.
EXAMPLE
Karens tomato plants are almost six feet tall.
Karens: Karen's, meaning "belonging to Karen"
plants: plural meaning "more than one plant"
1. The restaurants reputation brought hungry diners from miles around.
restaurants: ___________________________________________
diners: ___________________________________________
2. Phils job-slaughtering pigs-was enough to make him a vegetarian.
Phils: ___________________________________________
pigs: ___________________________________________
3. As Tinas skill at studying increased, her grades improved.
Tinas: ___________________________________________
grades: ___________________________________________
4. When I walked into my doctors office, there were six people waiting who also had appointments.
doctors: ___________________________________________
appointments: ___________________________________________
5. I bought two magazines and a copy of Stephen Kings latest novel at the bookstore. magazines:
Kings: ___________________________________________
6. After six weeks without rain, the nearby streams started drying up, and the lakes water level fell sharply.
weeks: ___________________________________________
streams: ___________________________________________
lakes: ___________________________________________
7. Rebeccas hooded red cloak makes her look like a fairy-tale character, but her heavy black boots spoil the effect.
Rebeccas: ___________________________________________
boots: ___________________________________________
8. When the brakes failed on Eriks truck, he narrowly avoided hitting several parked cars and two trees.
brakes: ___________________________________________
Eriks: ___________________________________________
cars: ___________________________________________
trees: ___________________________________________
9. My familys favorite breakfast is bacon, eggs, and home-fried potatoes.
familys:___________________________________________
eggs: ___________________________________________
potatoes: ___________________________________________
10. My parents like Floridas winters, but they prefer to spend their summers back home in Maine.
Floridas: ___________________________________________
winters: ___________________________________________
summers: ___________________________________________