Question

Complete the following sentence using the correct possessive noun:
Don’t you know Pashmina shawls are made of __________ wool?
a) Goats’
b) Goat
c) Goats
d) Goat’s

Answer 1

Hint: Possessive noun is a noun that possesses something—i.e. it has something or show ownership. To form a possessive noun we need to add ‘apostrophe & s’ to the noun.

Complete step-by-step answer:
For the given sentence above the correct noun that is to be used is – goat, because it is the general term that refers to the wool we obtain from them.
Option (a) – goats’, this noun is in the plural form but the given sentence is in the singular form. Therefore, this is not the correct option/ solution for the given problem.
Option (b) – goat, this may be in the singular form but it is not in the possessive form of the noun. Therefore, this is not the correct solution for the given problem.
Option (c) – goats, is in the plural form but is not a possessive noun. Hence, this is not the correct option either.
Option (d) – goat’s, it is the possessive form of ‘goat’ i.e. goat’s formed by adding an ‘apostrophe & s’ to the original form of a noun. Thus this is the correct option.
Hence option (d) is correct.

Note: If the noun is already in plural form i.e. already ends in‘s’ then we just need to add an apostrophe after‘s’ and that is all, no more.