Question

Write the correct form of possessive noun in the blanks to correctly complete the sentences.
1.The
(computers) processors are fast enough for this game.
2.The lawyer proved that his
(client) rights were violated.
3. The
(textbook) pages had been extensively marked up.
4.The
(window) glass was shattered by the earthquake
5.You also need to paint the
(window) frames
6 The
(programs) manuals can be found on the shelf
7. The
(desks) surfaces need to be cleaned with soap and water.
8. The
(professors) lecture notes are available online.
9.
Be careful, the
(knives) edges are very sharp.
10.Our
(cellphones) batteries only last for a couple of hours.
11.There is a telephone in my
(parents) bedroom
12.When the
(clock) long hand reaches six, put down your pencils.
13.
Sheela pulled back the drapes to let the
(sun) light in
14.
All of the
(restaurants) menus can be found in this book.
15.
The
(books) bindings are starting to fall apart.
16.
The
(problems) solutions are staring us in the face!​

Answer 1

1.The computers' processors are fast enough for this game.

And it can be: The processors on the computer are fast enough for this game.

2.The lawyer proved that his clients' rights were violated.

The lawyer proved that the rights of his clients had been violated.

Here both clients' and 'of his clients' express the same meaning of possessive noun and already they are noun.

3. The textbook's pages had been extensively marked up.

Here the ' textbook's ' is a possessive noun.

4. The window's glass was shattered by the earthquake

• Wndow itself is a noun but apostrophe's at the end of the word: 'window's' explains that it is a possessive noun because its glass was shattered by the earthquake.

5.You also need to paint the window's frames.

• The possessive noun is 'window's' because frames are belongings to window.

6. The programs' manuals can be found on the shelf.

7. The desks' surfaces need to be cleaned with soap and water.

8. The professors' lecture notes are available online.

9. Be careful, the knives' edges are very sharp.

10. Our cellphones' batteries only last for a couple of hours.

11. There is a telephone in my parents bedroom

12.When the clock's long hand reaches six, put down your pencils.

13. Sheela pulled back the drapes to let the sunlight in.

14. All of the restaurants' menus can be found in this book.

15. The book' bindings are starting to fall apart.

16. The problem's solutions are staring us in the face!

Answer 2

The sentences given consist of nouns which have been used as adjectives to qualify the accompanying noun succeeding it. The following sentences can be rewritten with possessive nouns by adding an apostrophe (') to the words given in brackets in the following manner -

1. The  computers' processors are fast enough for this game.
2. The lawyer proved that his client's rights were violated.
3. The textbook's pages had been extensively marked up.
4. The window's glass was shattered by the earthquake .
5. You also need to paint the window's frames .
6. The programs' manuals can be found on the shelf
7. The desks' surfaces need to be cleaned with soap and water.
8. The professors' lecture notes are available online.
9. Be careful, the  knives' edges are very sharp.
10. Our cellphones' batteries only last for a couple of hours.
11. There is a telephone in my  parents' bedroom .
12. When the clock's long hand reaches six, put down your pencils.
13. Sheela pulled back the drapes to let the  sun's light in .
14. All of the restaurants' menus can be found in this book.
15. The books' bindings are starting to fall apart.
16. The  problems' solutions are staring us in the face!​