Transcript Apostrophes - Robertson County

Apostrophes
Language 8
Ms. Frost
Apostrophes
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3 Uses for Apostrophes:
To form the possessive case of nouns
and some pronouns
 To indicate in a contraction where
letters or numbers have been left out
 To form some plurals
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Possessive Case
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The possessive case of a noun or
pronoun shows ownership.
Possessives
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Rule #24p. Do not use an apostrophe
with possessive personal pronouns.
 Example:
 These keys are yours, not mine.
 His score was high, but hers was
higher
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Note: The possessive case form of “it” = its.
“It’s” = contraction for “it is”.
Possessives
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Rule 24q. To form the possessive
case of some indefinite pronouns,
add an apostrophe and an “s”
 Examples
Someone’s pencil
 No one’s fault
 Anybody’s guess
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Guided Practice
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Page 672 Review B (1-10)
Use # 2:
Contractions
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Rule 24r: To form a contraction,
use an apostrophe to show where
letters or numbers have been left
out.
 Examples:
Let us = let’s
 2001 = ‘01
 List of common contractions on p.672.
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Guided Practice
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Exercise 8 p. 673 (1-10)
Use # 3: Plurals
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24s. Use an apostrophe and an “s” to form
the plurals of letters, numbers, and
symbols, and of words referred to as words
in the sentence.
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Examples:
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There are two d’s in the word hidden.
Your 2’s look like backward 5’s
Jazz became quite popular in the 1920’s
Don’t use too many so’s and and’s.
He wrote $’s before all the amounts.