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Lesson 1.3
Plurals and Possessives
Although plural and possessive nouns often sound similar, they are spelled differently
and have different meanings.
Plural noun: The novelists gathered in Chicago for a conference.
Singular possessive noun: The novelist's main character traveled to Chicago.
Plural possessive noun: The novelists' meeting was postponed until next month.
Proof It
Use proofreaders' marks to correct the mistakes in plural and possessive nouns in the
sentences below.
1. Desert's cover about 20 percent of Earths surfaces.
2. Harsh conditions mean that deserts are home to animals with special adaptations.
3. Deserts inhabitant's include lizards, snakes, fennec foxes, and scorpions.
4. Our planets largest habitat is the marine biome.
5. Biomes relationships are vital to Earth's well-being.
6. Hippo's, rhino's, and lion's make their homes in
grassland biomes.
7. The tundras extreme cold makes it a poor place for
vegetation to flourish.
8. One reason that forest biomes' are important to Earth is
tree's ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
9. Hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold are the four types of desert's.
10. Mosquitoes ability to live in a tundra biome surprises many people.
II. Tropical forest's, such as rain forests, produce plants that are not found anywhere
else in the world.
12. A coral reefs many structures provide homes to countless sea creature's.
13. The worlds youngest biome is the Arctic tundra.
14. An invasive animals' behavior can eventually affect more than one biome.