English Toolkit

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TYPICAL ERROR

CORRECTION

EXPLANATION

Rewrite these phrases using ' or 's as appropriate to show possession by plural nouns: for example, the shoes belonging to the girls would become the girls' shoes.

athe prizes for the girls
bthe bottles for the babies
cthe boots for the hikers
dthe cages for the white mice
ethe house where the Joneses live
fthe lunches for the workmen
gthe life cycle of cicadas
hthe perfume of the lilies
ithe eggs from the geese
jthe car owned by the Williamses