Question

1. how should this sentence be changed?

the naturalists greatest fear was that the lioness was purposely leading them away from her injured cub’s.
a. place an apostrophe after naturalists and delete the apostrophe in cub’s
b. place an apostrophe before the final s in naturalists
c. move the apostrophe in cub’s to after the s
d. no change needs to be made to this sentence

1. how should this sentence be changed?

“your’ going to need your jacket,” jeremy told vanessa, zipping his’ winter coat, “its cold out there.”
a. delete the apostrophe after your
b. delete the apostrophe after your and insert an apostrophe after its
c. change your’ to you’re, delete the apostrophe after his, and insert an apostrophe before the s in its
d. no change needs to be made to this sentence

1. how should this sentence be changed?

the sleepy little boys head bobbed up and down, and eventually he rolled over onto his mothers lap.
a. insert an apostrophe after boys and mothers
b. insert an apostrophe before the s in boys and mothers
c. insert an apostrophe after his
d. no change needs to be made to this sentence

Explanation:

1. For the first sentence: "naturalists" is a plural noun showing possession, so the apostrophe goes after the final s. "cub's" correctly shows singular possession, so no change there.
2. For the second sentence: "Your'" is incorrect; the contraction "You're" (you are) is needed. "his'" is wrong, the correct singular possessive is "his" (no apostrophe). "Its" is correct (possessive, no apostrophe) so no change there.
3. For the third sentence: "boys" is singular possessive, so the apostrophe goes before the s to make "boy's". "mothers" is singular possessive, so the apostrophe goes before the s to make "mother's".

Answer:

1. B. Place an apostrophe before the final s in naturalists
2. C. Change Your' to You're, delete the apostrophe after his, and insert an apostrophe before the s in its
3. B. Insert an apostrophe before the s in boys and mothers