Girl’s or Girls’?

The term girl’s is the singular possessive form of girl. For example, “The girl’s backpack was left in the classroom.” Furthermore, the word ‘girls’ is used as the plural possessive. That is when you are talking about more than one girl. For example, “The girls’ bicycles were parked outside.”

Let’s now look at the chart which shows different forms of the term ‘girl’

Form	Example
Singular	Girl
Plural	Girls
Singular Possessive	Girl’s
Plural Possessive	Girls’

Singular: “The girl is reading a book.”

Plural: “The girls are playing in the park.”

Singular Possessive: “The girl’s bicycle is blue.”

Plural Possessive: “The girls’ backpacks are in the classroom.”

As you can see the standard singular form is girl. You use girl when you are referring to, or talking about one girl.

We have just seen how and when you can use the possessive forms of the term ‘girls’.

However, you might want to get a better understanding of all these terms and when to use them. Continue reading below to get an in depth understanding

Girls

Girls is the standard plural for the term girl. You use ‘girl’ when you are talking about more than one girl.

Let’s look a the two examples below of how to use the plural girls“

“The girls giggled as they shared secrets during their sleepover.”

“A group of girls played soccer in the park, enjoying the sunny afternoon.”

Girl’s

When you are talking about what belongs to a single girl, you will use Girl’s. This is the standard singular possessive form of the term girls. This possessive form is formed by adding the apostrophe and an ‘S’ at the end of “girls”

Let’s look at a few examples of how to use this form in real time.

“The girl’s backpack was heavy with books for school.”

“We admired the girl’s beautiful drawing on the classroom wall.”

“Can you pass me the girl’s jacket? She left it in the living room.”

Girls’

Girls’ is the plural possessive for the term girl.  You will use Girls’ when you are talking about or referring to something that belongs to more than one girl. Not the difference between the singular possessive and plural possessive.

With the plural possessive, we will add an ‘S’ and an apostrophe at the end of the term “girl”. 

Let’s look at some of the example sentences using the term  girls’.

“The girls’ bicycles were parked outside the house.”

“We enjoyed listening to the girls’ laughter echoing in the park.”

“The girls‘ backpacks were neatly lined up in the hallway.”