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Possessive Apostrophes

Possessive Apostrophes . What does ‘possess’ mean?. To belong to something or someone, for example, things you own are your possessions. In grammatical terms, apostrophes are used to show possession. E.g. Daniel ’s hat E.g. Kate ’s car. How do you use possessive apostrophes?.

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Possessive Apostrophes

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  1. Possessive Apostrophes

  2. What does ‘possess’ mean? • To belong to something or someone, for example, things you own are your possessions. • In grammatical terms, apostrophes are used to show possession. E.g. Daniel’s hat E.g. Kate’s car

  3. How do you use possessive apostrophes? • At the end of the word you add an apostrophe and an ‘s’ to show possession e.g. ’s E.g. Sara’s pen. E.g. Jay’s car. • Task: How would you use apostrophes to show possession below? • The bag belongs to the lady. • The scarf belongs to Amy. • The house belongs to Sam.

  4. What about plural nouns ending in ‘s’? Plural means when there is more than one of something. E.g. A group of boys. E.g. A group of dancers. E.g. Teachers. If there is more than one owner, we add an apostrophe e.g. ’ to the plural. We do not add an ’s E.g. The boys’ football. E.g. The dancers’ shoes. E.g. The teachers’ books.

  5. What if the plural does not end in ‘s’? • Not all plurals end in ‘s’. In this case we do add an apostrophe and s e.g. ’s. • E.g. Children  The children’s house. • E.g. People  The people’s idea. • E.g. Men  The men’s clothes. • Can you think of any other plurals that do not end in ‘s’?

  6. What if a person’s name ends in ‘s’? If a person’s name ends in an ‘s’, we do not add an apostrophe and an ‘s’. To show possession we just add an apostrophe. E.g. Charles Dickens’ writing. E.g. Louis’ clothes. Task: How would you use apostrophes to show possession below? The book belonging to Charles. The car belonging to Chris.

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