Student Resources

Chapter 5: Compound and Possessive Nouns

	1.	The CEO’s salary is an accurate use of the possessive form.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	Use brother-in-law’s offices to show that your brother-in-law has more than one office.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

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

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	The three noun cases are nominative, objective, and possessive.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	5.	To show the possessive form of story of the hero, add an ’s to hero.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

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

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	7.	In most cases when making a singular noun possessive, add ’s.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	Abbreviations do not require apostrophes to indicate possessive case.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	9.	To show the possessive form of the office of the boss, add an ’s to boss.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

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

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE