ACT Compass ESL Practice Test

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Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

One of Egypts’ most profitable revenues was tourism, but the industry has suffered due to the revolution.
  1. Egypts’
  2. Egypts’s
  3. Egypt’s
  4. Egypts
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “Egypt’s”

An apostrophe can indicate possession. For a single noun, insert the apostrophe and an s after the noun. For plural nouns, insert the apostrophe after the s. Egypt refers to a single country, the apostrophe and the s should appear after the country’s name.
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