29 November 2013

*NUMBER CHANGE*

Instructions: If the sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.

The Santa at the mall gave the child a cheap toy as a gift, and an elf took a photo of the child who sat on the Santa’s lap.

5 comments:

AndreaS140,143 said...

The Santas at the mall gave the children cheap toys as gifts, and elves took photos of the children who sat on the Santas' laps.

Guadalupe 140 said...

All the Santas at the mall gave to the children chippers toys as gifts, and the elfs took photos of the children who’s sat on all the Santas laps

DVidito said...

The Santas at the mall gave all the children cheap toys as gifts, and the elves took photos of the children who sat on the Santas' laps.

hammad.s (eng140) said...

The Santas at the mall gave the children cheap toys as gifts, and elves took pictures of the children who sat on the Santa’s lap.

Michael said...

Well done, Andrea and DVidito!

This was a bit of a tricky one. You have to watch your apostrophe use.

Santa becomes Santas

And because you've added an 's' to pluralize the noun, the possessive doesn't need another 's'.

So Santa's lap becomes Santas' laps.

Here is a link to help:

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/english-grammar-rules-for-possessive-plurals.html