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Exercise 2 – Possessives

Rewrite each underlined group of words, using apostrophes to show possession.

Examples:

• The flavor of the coffee was unusual.

the coffee’s flavor

• I live in the home of my parents.

my parents’ home

• We went to the wedding of Joe and Kay.

Joe and Kay’s wedding

• He ironed the clothes of Pete and May.

Pete’s and May’s clothing.

1. The combined losses of the North and South were the greatest in any American war.

2. The president took away some of the responsibilities of the chief-of-staff.

3. We loved the shoes of George and Sara.

4. She was insulted by the rude remarks of her sister-in-law.

5. I couldn’t stand the behavior of Alan and Jennifer.

6. The information of the ambassador was mostly incorrect.

7. The voyages of Magellan and Columbus were controversial.

8. The novels of Fitzgerald and Nabokov are among the most admired in modern literature.

9. One of the most famous events in American history is the journey west of Lewis and Clark.

10. Don’t forget the birthday of your mother-in-law.

Adapted from Fog City Fundamentals, Fourth Edition, Altman & Deicke, 1998.

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