Lesikar's Business Communication: Connecting in a Digital World 13th Edition by Kathryn Rentz,Paula Lentz

Exercise 1

Apostrophes
Select the word that correctly completes the sentence.
1 Many of the (businesses, business's, businesses') in town are closed for the holiday.
2 I share my (bosses, boss's, bosses') opinion that he and I should get the corner office suite.
3 Many (peoples, people's, peoples') lake homes are subject to high property taxes.
4 In two (weeks, week's, weeks') we leave for the conference.
5 Our (company's, companies, companies') policy is to let employees work from home one day per week.
6 Kyle frequently works evenings because (its, it's, its') not possible for him to finish his work during the day.
7 Carolyn's severance package included six (months, month's, months') salary and health insurance.
8 She worked her way up to the manager of the (womens, women's, womens') clothing department.
9 We were all impressed by (Joes, Joe's, Joes') presentation.
10 According to (todays, today's, todays') newspaper, gas prices are expected to rise in the coming weeks.