Write the plural possessive form of each noun for the first three questions .
1. friend
2. box
3. house
rewrite the possessive noun where necessary for numbers 4 and
5 . if the noun is already correct, write correct.
4. many people were astonished by (scientists’) discoveries in the twentieth century.
5. alternative energy sources had to be developed to satisfy (peoples’) need for electrical power.

1. friends'

2. boxes'

3. houses'

4. Correct.

5. people's.

The possessive in English is formed by adding an apostrophe and an "s" to the singular noun. When the noun is in plural, we would add only the apostrophe if the noun ends in an "s," or the apostrophe+"s" if the noun ends in a different letter. Possessives show relationships of belonging between one thing and another.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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