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Using Apostrophes. Why are apostrophes important? Possessive case Singular nouns and plural nouns Possessive personal pronouns Indefinite pronouns Contractions Plurals Review A Review B. Why are apostrophes important?. The apostrophe has several jobs to do.
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Using Apostrophes Why are apostrophes important? Possessive case Singular nouns and plural nouns Possessive personal pronouns Indefinite pronouns Contractions Plurals Review A Review B
Why are apostrophes important? The apostrophe has several jobs to do. The main job of the apostrophe is to show ownership—or possession. Is this Harry’s jacket? Are these the dog’s treats?
Why are apostrophes important? The apostrophe also shows where letters are missing in contractions. youwill you’ll Sometimes, in special situations, the apostrophe is used to form plurals. His o’s look like a’s.
Possessive caseSingular nouns and plural nouns Singular nouns Add an apostrophe and an s to form the possessive case of most singular nouns. the boy’s teddy bear Tess’s phone the squirrel’s tail
Possessive caseSingular nouns and plural nouns Plural nouns To form the possessive case of a plural noun ending in s, just add an apostrophe. the Carsons’ kitchen the elephants’ trunks
Possessive caseSingular nouns and plural nouns Plural nouns Some irregular plural nouns do not end in s. Add an apostrophe and an s to form the possessive case. Singular Plural Plural Possessive women women’s woman tooth teeth teeth’s
Possessive caseSingular nouns and plural nouns On Your Own For each sentence, write the possessive case of the word in parentheses. 1. __________ twin sisters both play soccer. (Jeff) 2. The _________ cage was left open. (birds) 3. The __________ sails were torn and dirty. (boat) 4. We could see the _________ tracks in the snow. (mice) 5. Is that the __________ dog over by the tree? (Smiths)
Possessive casePossessive personal pronouns A possessive personal pronounnever has an apostrophe—even when the pronoun ends in s. Sherry lost hers yesterday. My backpack is in my locker. Where is your backpack?
Possessive caseIndefinite pronouns In the possessive case, indefinite pronouns need an apostrophe and an s. I found someone’s soccer ball. Is anyone’s uniform still clean?
Possessive case On Your Own For each sentence, write the possessive case of the word in parentheses. 1. _____________ project must be finished by Wednesday. (Everybody) 2. Can we meet at __________ house tomorrow after school? (you) 3. Helen found __________ sunglasses in the locker room. (somebody) 4. Ray rode __________ new bike all day long. (him) [End of Section]
Contractions An apostrophe shows where letters, words, or numerals have been left out in a contraction. let us let’s they have they’ve of the clock o’clock 1999 ’99 here is here’s
Contractions The word not can be shortened to n’t and added to a verb. The spelling of the verb usually doesn’t change. are not aren’t could not couldn’t The two exceptions to this rule are will not won’t cannot can’t [End of Section]
Plurals To prevent confusion, use an apostrophe to form the plurals of certain types of nouns. The word hidden has two d’s. Letters Numerals Your 1’sand 7’slook alike. Write $’sbefore all the amounts. Symbols She uses too many so’sand and’sin her writing. Words referred to as words
Contractions and plurals On Your Own For each sentence, supply the correct form as indicated in parentheses. 1. How many ________ are in the word Mississippi? (plural of the letter p) 2. Your essay contains too many ________ . (plural of the word very) 3. I was going to go for a walk, but ________ snowing right now. (contraction of it is) 4. Jamal ________ go to the movies with us. (contraction of did not) [End of Section]
Review A In the following sentences, circle any words that need apostrophes or have incorrect apostrophes. 1. Kim wasnt sure whos hat it was. 2. That trees trunk is at least two feet thick. 3. Is the vase on the table their’s or our’s? 4. The monkeys tail was wrapped around a branch. 5. The Patterson’s yard looks beautiful, doesnt it? 6. Im going to feed their’ cat over the weekend. [End of Section]
Review B • Add apostrophes as needed in the following sentences. • Please dont use &s in your essays for school. • Jane cant fix his bike tonight; she has to fix hers first. • Everyones face lit up when our team made a goal. • Meet us at Randys house, and well help you study. • Doesnt Mr. Serrano usually pack the girls lunches? • 6. Dad told me to stop giving him maybes as answers. [End of Section]
