Directions: Wrie each sentence. Change the underlined phrase to show possession. The honesty of children is refreshing. The honesty of children is the underline part of the phrase.
"children" = already plural
How will you make this word possessive? Then how will you rephrase the sentence to use the possessive instead of "of children"?
children
To change the underlined phrase "the honesty of children" to show possession, you need to use the apostrophe and s ('s) to indicate that something belongs to someone or something.
In this case, to show possession, you would rephrase the sentence as:
"The children's honesty is refreshing."
Here, "children's" indicates that the honesty belongs to the children.