Student Resources

Chapter 5: Compound and Possessive Nouns

	1.	The three noun cases are nominative, subjective, and possessive.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	Online _____ prices should be lower than prices found locally.

		a.	car’s dealers
		b.	car dealer’s
		c.	car dealers’

	3.	When a noun functions as a direct object, it is in the nominative case.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	To indicate that two people jointly own an item, use ’s with both names.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	5.	_____ who want a wide selection of books are ordering from the Internet.

		a.	Customers
		b.	Customer’s
		c.	Customers’

	6.	______ Web site is located at www.callista.com.

		a.	Callista's
		b.	Callistas

	7.	To make a noun possessive that ends in s, add es and an apostrophe.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	To indicate that two people jointly own an item, use ’s with the first person’s name only.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	9.	To make a noun plural that does not end in an s, add es and an apostrophe.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	10.	The phrase Bonnie’s and Liz’s computers indicates the computers are owned jointly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE