Question

Form the possessive case of the noun given in the bracket:
It was the village _____________ firm belief that we had to stay indoors during an eclipse. (people)

• A. person's
• B. peoples'
• C. people's
• D. persons'

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

people's

The possessive form of a plural noun which does not end in s is formed by adding an apostrophe followed by the letter s to the noun.

Here, the noun people is plural, which does not end in s. Hence, its possessive case is: people's. Option C is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because the singular noun-person is used instead of the possessive case of the plural noun.

Option B is incorrect because the apostrophe is wrongly placed after s. The apostrophe should be in between the plural word i.e people and the letter s. It cannot be s' but 's.

Option D is incorrect because the singular noun person, is used instead of the plural noun.