Using Apostrophes correctly

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Using Apostrophescorrectly
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Use of apostrophes

1. The Possessive Case (to show ownership or
   relationship)
2. Contractions (to show where letters have been
   omitted)
3. Plurals (to form the plurals of numbers, letters,
   and symbols)

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The Possessive Case

• Shows ownership or relationship
• Examples
• Kathleens desk
• anybodys guest
• his bat
• horses name

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Possessive Case of Singular Nouns

• Add an apostrophe and an s
• A boys cap
• The babys toy
• Marcias pen
• Charless opinion

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Possessive Case of Plural Nouns

• To form a possessive of a plural noun not ending
  in s, add an apostrophe and an s.
• Mices tracks
• Childrens games
• To form a possessive of a plural noun ending in
  s, add only the apostrophe
• Cats basket
• Four days delay

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PracticeRewrite the expressions by using the
possessive case.

1. The dish for the cat
2. The clothes of the babies
3. The grades of my sister
4. The name tags of the guests
5. The nominee of the party

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Answers

1. The cats dish
2. The babies clothes
3. My sisters grades
4. The guests name tags
5. The partys nominee

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Review
Book Books Books
Puppy Puppys Puppies
Donkey Donkeys Donkeys
Mouse Mouses Mices
Calf Calfs Calves
Hero Heros Heroes
Elephant Elephants Elephants
Tooth Tooths Teeths
School Schools Schools
Family Familys Families
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Hand Hands Hands
Roof Roofs Roofs
Hour Hours Hours
Chalkboard Chalkboards Chalkboards
Foot Foots Feets
Politician Politicians Politicians
Moose Mooses Mooses
Canoe Canoes Canoes
Zoo Zoos Zoos
Country Countrys Countries
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Contractions

• Use an apostrophe to show where letters have
  been omitted in a contraction.
• Is not isnt
• Does not doesnt
• Do not dont
• Was not wasnt
• Were not werent

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Practice

• Wed better chain our bicycles to the rack.
• That old cars seen better days, hasnt it?
• She wasnt too happy to see us.
• Whose ringing the doorbell?
• Its going to be a long day.
• The dog lost its collar.
• Your writing an essay.
• Your writing has impoved.

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Plurals

• Use an apostrophe and s to form the plural of
  letters, numbers, signs and symbols.
• Your os look like as, and your us look like
  ns.
• There are three 5s in the telephone number.
• One sign of poor writing is too many ands.