APOSTROPHES

I’m sure you won’t really listen

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Where do they go?

The first rule of apostrophe’s is that you put them in place of a space or a letter(s) that you’ve missed out:

Do not Don’t Can not Can’t I would I’d We had We’d You are You’re (not your) It is It’s

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Secondly Possessive

When something belongs to someone(thing):

If the thing (i.e. James) has an S on the end the apostrophe will be added on the end without an extra s Eliana’s hair The Dog’s nose The Dogs’ noses James’ face Toby’s only friend

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The nasty exception

NEVER use a possessive apostrophe when referring to it if something belongs to it we don’t use an apostrophe so that its is not confused with it’s (it is) Its bed Its pet mouse It’s my pet mouse and it’s in my bed

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Plurals

If you have 2 or more of something you do not need an apostrophe 1 dog 2 dogs 1 chair 3789 chairs 1 sheep 2 sheep 1 girl 3 girls (playing golf in

a colourful pyramid) There is no apostrophe in GCSEs Or 1970s etc (there is in the ’70s)

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Lets test it out

The suns rays = the rays of the sun. The archbishops palace = the palace of the

archbishop. The archbishops palace = the palace of the

archbishops. The mens shirts = the shirts of the men. Childrens T-shirts = T-shirts of children. The peoples princess = the princess of the

people. Everyones help = help of everyone. You shouldnt have done that = you should

not have done that© Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Let’s test it out

The suns rays = the rays of the sun. The archbishops palace = the palace of the

archbishop. The archbishops palace = the palace of the

archbishops. The mens shirts = the shirts of the men. Childrens T-shirts = T-shirts of children. The peoples princess = the princess of the

people. Everyones help = help of everyone. You shouldnt have done that = you should

not have done that© Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Hey look, it’s the answers!!

The sun's rays = the rays of the sun. The archbishop's palace = the palace of the

archbishop. The archbishops' palace = the palace of the

archbishops. The men's shirts = the shirts of the men. Children's T-shirts = T-shirts of children. The people's princess = the princess of the

people. Everyone's help = help of everyone. You shouldn't have done that = you should

not have done that© Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

Oi you!!

Got any questions?

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