Choose the sentence with the correct possessive form?

Choose the sentence with the correct possessive form?

• A. The dog's bone is buried in the yard.
• B. The dogs bone is buried in the yard.
• C. The dogs' bone is buried in the yard.
• D. The dog bones is buried in the yard.

Answer: (A)

When one owner is showing possession, add 's to the owner noun: the dog becomes dog's, indicating the bone belongs to that dog. The sentence using dog's bone communicates ownership clearly and matches the intended meaning. The other options mess with possession or grammar: leaving out the apostrophe neglects the possessive marker; using dogs' bone suggests ownership by multiple dogs, which changes who owns the bone; and bone with bones is plural and pairs with a plural verb, which changes both meaning and agreement. So the natural, correct possessive form is the singular dog's.