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Title: Plural possessive nouns

Grade: 4-a Lesson: S1-L4

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	All of the____(women) voices were heard.
2	Clue	Possessive noun indicates ownership.
3	Hint	Plural possessive nouns end with an apostrophe "s" to the word.To form the possessive of plural noun that ends in -s, add an apostrophe (') to the end of the word. To form the possessive of a plural, the noun that does not end in -s, add an apostrophe (') and -s.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	Choice A is incorrect because "womens" should be "women’s" to show possession by women. "Women’s" with an apostrophe shows that something belongs to or is related to women.	womens
6	Choice.B	Choice B is correct. "Women’s" is a plural possessive noun because it shows ownership by more than one woman. The apostrophe and "s" at the end make it possessive, like saying "belonging to women." So here the voices belongs to the Women	women’s
7	Choice.C	Choice C is incorrect because "women" is already plural, so it doesn’t need an extra "s" or an apostrophe. It should simply be "women’s" to show possession by more than one woman.	womens'
8	Choice.D	Choice D is incorrect. "Women" is plural, meaning it refers to more than one Woman. For possession, like owning something, we add an apostrophe and an "s" to the end of a singular noun. So, it should be "women’s" to show plural possessive noun.	women
9	Step:	Word given in the parentheses - women
10	Step:	Plural possessive noun for the given word - women’s
11	Step:	Complete sentence - All of the women’s voices were heard.
12	Answer	Choice B
13	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

All of the____(women) voices were heard.

Clue

Possessive noun indicates ownership.

Hint

Plural possessive nouns end with an apostrophe "s" to the word.To form the possessive of plural noun that ends in -s, add an apostrophe (') to the end of the word. To form the possessive of a plural, the noun that does not end in -s, add an apostrophe (') and -s.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Choice A is incorrect because "womens" should be "women’s" to show possession by women. "Women’s" with an apostrophe shows that something belongs to or is related to women.

womens

Choice.B

Choice B is correct. "Women’s" is a plural possessive noun because it shows ownership by more than one woman. The apostrophe and "s" at the end make it possessive, like saying "belonging to women." So here the voices belongs to the Women

women’s

Choice.C

Choice C is incorrect because "women" is already plural, so it doesn’t need an extra "s" or an apostrophe. It should simply be "women’s" to show possession by more than one woman.

womens'

Choice.D

Choice D is incorrect. "Women" is plural, meaning it refers to more than one Woman. For possession, like owning something, we add an apostrophe and an "s" to the end of a singular noun. So, it should be "women’s" to show plural possessive noun.

women

Step:

Word given in the parentheses - women

Step:

Plural possessive noun for the given word - women’s

Step:

Complete sentence - All of the women’s voices were heard.

Answer

Choice B

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?