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ACT ENGLISH REVIEW

ACT ENGLISH REVIEW. PUNCTUATION COUNTS! Let’s eat Grandma! Let’s eat, Grandma!. The Humble Apostrophe. TO SHOW POSSESSION TO SHOW PLURAL (and possession) TO FORM A CONTRACTION. The spider’s web (one) The dog’s bark (one) Billy Jones’s fence (one) The students’ desks (more)

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ACT ENGLISH REVIEW

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  1. ACT ENGLISH REVIEW • PUNCTUATION COUNTS! • Let’s eat Grandma! • Let’s eat, Grandma!

  2. The Humble Apostrophe • TO SHOW POSSESSION • TO SHOW PLURAL (and possession) • TO FORM A CONTRACTION • The spider’s web (one) • The dog’s bark (one) • Billy Jones’s fence (one) • The students’ desks (more) • The farmers’ fields (more) • Couldn’t- shouldn’t- • It’s = it is

  3. APOSTROPHE PRACTICE • SOME WIERD STUFF: • He was born in the 1970s. • She made As and Bs on her report card. • I collect DVDs of old movies. • 1. Dan/Dan’s car, a 69/’69 Chevy, is his proudest object. • 2. My teachers/teacher’s advice was to try to get at least Bs. • 3. The woman’s/women’s club was remodeled. • 4. She had spent her husbands/husband’s vacation mountain climbing.

  4. Add apostrope Subtract apostrophe • 5. Theyre not going to go through with the plan, even though they had promised. • 6. The suns rays were glaring through the tree where the birds were singing. • 7. The dogs bark was so fierce it frightened us. • 8. The boys skateboards were left on the sidewalk. • 9. The dog’s bark was more fierce than it’s bite. • 10. I wish they would quit talking about it because the choice is not their’s.

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