PDF-Punctuating with apostrophes The apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation

The main uses of apostrophes are to show ownership eg Charlie is Jennys cat means the cat named Charlie belongs to Jenny and to show missing letters in words eg its it is for it has shouldve for should have In academic writing words that use apostr. If you have any suggestions corrections or improvements please contact us You can contact us at PO Box 3 New Mills High Peak SK22 4QP Phone 01663 744409 Fax 01663 747038 Email infoplainenglishcouk Website wwwplainenglishcouk Copyright Plain English Either way add an s if a noun or indefinite pronoun like so meone anybody and so on does not already end in s Not sure where to put the apostrophe Turn the words inside out by asking Who does this thing belong to or what is this thing associ ated .) TIME AND MEASUREMENT APOSTROPHES indicate time value and measurement in certain Copyright 2010, University of Washington apostrophes.pdf CONTRACTION APOSTROPHES make two words into one for ease Cut out punctuation crime. Make punctuation marks work harder. Complete this course, in order to become a punctuation detective.. The . Punctuation . Detective Agency. A timer at the top of the screen indicates that the slide may have timed elements.. Three Distinct Jobs. To show possession. Make contractions. Form odd plurals. 1. Showing Possession. The long way of showing possession requires a phrase using a word like . belong. or . own. .. The donut . ). . .. . !. - . ’. . ;. . ,. . :. ”. . ?. (. Copyright © 2014 Write Score LLC. Try reading this statement:. What would be the ideal vacation destination for some it would be a sunny beach on a tropical island but others would prefer a snow covered mountain then again it could be a foreign country or even your own back yard who would choose to stay home well the staycation is becoming more and more popular especially with hard economic times after all traveling always brings some level of stress and vacations should be all about relieving stress.. Use quotation marks before and after a person’s exact words. Place period . inside. quote marks.. Punctuating dialogue. Use quotation marks before and after a person’s exact words. Place period . Curriculum links. Rs/L1.2 Use punctuation to help their understanding . (a) understand the function of the omissive apostrophe to indicate an contracted word form in texts written in an informal style . APOSTROPHES. Nouns in possessive case. To form the possessive of most singular nouns, add an apostrophe and an . s. .. Susan’s house. a week’s salary. one boy’s backpack. t. hat car’s tires. Nouns in possessive case. PaG. ) in the New Curriculum. Phase 2. Context. New harder curriculum. Woven into English sessions. PaG. lesson a week. Use of . PaG. throughout wider curriculum writing. Assessment. Aim – pupils to meet the age expected punctuation and grammar element. Bellringers. 9/30-10/3. Bellringer. 9/30. INSTRUCTIONS: . The following sentences contain apostrophe errors. Write the sentences as they appear and make corrections.. Annoying music escaped from Michaels ear buds. . The apostrophe has a few uses:. To show possession. . Frodo’s. task was to deliver the ring to . Mordor. .. . possession. . To show omission of a letter(s. )—a contraction. . Apostrophes – Three Uses. The apostrophe has three uses. :. To form possessives of nouns. To show the omission of letters. To indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters. Forming Possessives of Nouns. Punctuation Making Your Meaning Clear Time4Writing provides these teaching materials to teachers and parents at no cost. More presentations, handouts, interactive online exercises, and video lessons are freely available at Time4Writing.com.