Possesives and Contractions

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Possesives and Contractions
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Possessives

• Possessives are words that how ownership. You
  make a noun show possession by using an
  apostrophe () and usually the letter S. Plural
  nouns that do not show possession do not use an
  apostrophe

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Rule 1 Add s to show the possessive for a
singular noun and for a plural noun that does not
end in s.

• Singular Possessive
• Johns sons are going fishing next weekend.
• Jesss fishing reel is broken.
• Plural Possessive
• The childrens rods are in the garage.

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Rule 2 Add only an apostrophe to show the
possessive for a plural noun ending in S.

• Plural Possessive
• Both sons fishing rods are broken.
• The books covers are ruined.

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Rule 3 Dont use an apostrophe with the
possessive pronouns his, hers, ours, its, yours,
theirs.

• The books in the desk are theirs.
• The committee did a good job. The credit for the
  successful event is theirs.

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• The Ramsey County Park Districts catalog is
  available in May.
• The youngsters baseball team plays on Saturday.
• Valeria Silva, St. Pauls superintendent, will
  speak at graduation.
• At least one parents signature is required.
• Both parents signature is required.

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• Singular Singular Possessive
• son sons
• Tom Toms
• My sons game is tonight. Toms game is
  tomorrow.
• Plurals that end in s
• Singular Singular Possessive Plurals
  Plural Possessive
• lady ladys ladies ladies
• boy boys boys boys
• church churchs churches churches
• The ladys hat blew away.
• The ladies hats blew away.

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Contractions

• Rule 1 Use an apostrophe to take the place of
  the missing letters in a contraction. Most
  contractions combine a noun and a verb.
• Youve you have
• Shed she had
• Its it is
• Were we are
• Hed he would
• Theyll they will

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More contractions

• Negative contractions combine a verb and the word
  not.
• Isnt - is not
• Dont do not
• Doesnt does not
• Couldnt could not
• Wasnt was not
• Wont will not
• Wouldnt would not

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Rule 2 Do not confuse contractions with
possessives that sound the same.

• Incorrect Its a common problem.
• Correct Its a common problem.
• Incorrect The dog wagged its tail.
• Correct The dog wagged its tail.
• Its a library book. Its due date was last week.
• If you cant substitute it is.do not use the
  apostrophe. .

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