Rewrite the following in the possessive form.

1.    The frock of Jane     …………………
2.    The cricket bat of Alan     …………………
3.    The diary of a girl     …………………
4.    The bangles of Alice    …………………
5.    The friends of John     …………………
6.    A cousin of Mary    …………………
7.    The car of Peter     …………………
8.    The dog of Sony        …………………
9.    The daughter of Peter     …………………
10.    The ideas of Socrates    …………………
11.    The novels of Dickens    …………………
12.    The family of Tess     …………………
13.    The dog of Peter and Jane …………………
14.    The wife of the man next door …………………
15.    The six wives of Henry the Eighth …………………
Answers

1.    The frock of Jane – Jane’s frock
2.    The cricket bat of Alan     – Alan’s cricket bat
3.    The diary of a girl – A girl’s diary
4.    The bangles of Alice – Alice’s bangles
5.    The friends of John – John’s friends
6.     A cousin of Mary – Mary’s cousin
7.    The car of Peter – Peter’s car
8.    The dog of Sony    – Sony’s dog
9.    The daughter of Peter – Peter’s daughter
10.    The ideas of Socrates –    Socrates’ ideas / Socrates’s ideas
11.    The novels of Dickens – Dickens’s novels
12.    The family of Tess – Tess’s family
13.    The dog of Peter and Jane – Peter and Jane’s dog
14.    The wife of the man next door –    The man next door’s wife
15.    The six wives of Henry the Eighth – Henry the Eighth’s six wives

Grammar notes

We sometimes just add an apostrophe (’) to a singular noun ending in –s. example: Socrates’ ideas

But ’s is more common.

Denis’s wife
Lewis’s dog