To form the possessive of a compound noun, make the last word ...

[jace]

To form the possessive of a compound noun, make the last word possessive.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

A sentence reads My father-in-laws boss was a pleasant man. In this sentence, father-inlaws is the possessive form of the word father-in-law.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[jazzlynnnnn]

Answer to Question 1

TRUE
To form the possessive of a compound noun, make the last word possessive. If the last word
ends in s, add an apostrophe. Otherwise, add an apostrophe plus s.

Answer to Question 2

FALSE
In the given sentence, father-in-law's is the possessive form of the word father-in-law. To
form the possessive of a compound noun, make the last word possessive.

[jace]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[nanny]

Excellent