Apostrophes

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Apostrophes

• How and when to use them

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What is an apostrophe?

• It looks like a comma but we place it above
  the line of writing.
• It takes up the space of a letter.
• It is used for possessive nouns, contractions,
  and some plurals.

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Why do we use them?3 Main Reasons

• To show who owns what (possession)
• To fill in for missing letters (contractions)
• For the plural form of a letter, numeral or a
  word referred to as a word

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To show who owns what (Form the possessive of
any noun, be it singular or plural)

• Janes cat
• Sams baseball
• The players uniforms
• The womens team

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Contractions

• When two words are joined together in a shorter
  form.
• The apostrophe takes the place of the missing
  letter(s).
• I am (Im)
• They are (Theyre)
• Do not (dont)

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For the plural form of a letter, numeral or a
word referred to as a word

• Your is look like es.
• How many 6s are in her phone ?
• The coach was full of next times and too bads.

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• Be careful! There are some confusing words out
  there!

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YOU'RE YOUR

• "You're" is short for "you are". You're a
  hard working student. "Your" is used to show
  possession. This is your cell phone.

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IT'S AND ITS

• "It's" is short for "it has" or "it is".
• It's stopped raining, and it's sunny.
  "Its", on the other hand, is similar to "his"
  and "her" and is used to show possession. I'm
  near the car.  I can see its license plate.

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Whose and whos

• Whos replaces who is
• Whos coming to dinner?
• Whose is possessive
• Whose book is this?

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Shouldve

•  NOT SHOULD OF "Should've" sounds like "should
  of", but it is short for "should have". (This is
  the same for "could've" and "would've".)

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Cannot

• "Cannot" is one word.
• I cannot stand in the hot sun for too long.

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 NO APOSTROPHE

• Words like "ours", "theirs", "yours" and "hers"
  do not have apostrophes in them. These books
  are ours. You cannot use our's.

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Test Yourself

• You are - ?
• Will not - ?
• I would - ?
• I had - ?
• We have - ?
• I shall not - ?

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Test Yourself

• Shes got her mothers smile, hasnt she?
• Its the princesss birthday tomorow, isnt it?
• The womens Curves Class opens today.

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Homework

• Find some examples of the use of apostrophes-
• Find apostrophes at home in any form of print
  (i.e., newspaper, magazine, story, internet
  article, etc.)
• Circle the apostrophes and bring it in or write
  down the apostrophes if you cant write on the
  original piece.