In the following sentences, circle the apostrophes that are used incorrectly, and add any apostrophes that are missing.

Question

1. The three girls’ backpacks are at the bottom of the pile.
2. Teresa bought apple’s and orange’s from the fruit stand to go in the classrooms fruit bowl.
3. My husbands’ philosophy about taking out the trash doesn’t make sense to me.
4. The school’s ski trip is next month.
5. Don’t forget to take out all of the old newspaper’s to be recycled.

Answer 1

1. [no errors];
2. apples and oranges, classroom’s;
3. husband’s;
4. [no errors];
5. newspapers