Apostrophes

Apostrophes

Use an apostrophe + S ('s) to show that one person/thing owns or is a member of something.

• Lisa's car

• child's toy

• Bess's raincoat (Bess' raincoat is also acceptable.)

• week's assignments

Multiple Choice

Which demonstrates correct apostrophe usage?

• One students car was' painted red and black.

• One student’s car was painted red and black.

• One students’ car was painted red and black.

Multiple Choice

Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct.

• Can you estimate this box's weight?

• Can you estimate this boxs' weight?

Use an apostrophe after the "s" at the end of a plural noun to show possession.

• The dogs' leashes are missing. (This shows that there is more than one dog.)

• It is the parents' decision. (This shows that there is more than one parent making the decision.)

• The students' passwords have changed. (This shows that there is more than one student and their passwords have changed.)

Multiple Choice

What's the correct way to describe the picture?

• the five friends' flags

• the five friend's flags

• the five friends's flags

• the five friends flags'

Multiple Choice

The books that belong to the students

• The student's book's

• The students' books'

• The students' books

• The students books

If a plural noun doesn't end in "s," add an apostrophe + "s" to create the possessive form.

• children's toys

• women's books

• firemen's trucks

Multiple Choice

Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct:

• Have you painted the mens' faculty bathroom yet?

• Have you painted the men's faculty bathroom yet?

Multiple Choice

Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct:

• We followed the mices path'.

• We followed the mices' path.

• We followed the mice's path.

When you combine two words to make a contraction, you will always take out some letters. In their place, use an apostrophe.

• you + are = you're

• it + is = it's

• they + are = they're

Multiple Choice

Where should the apostrophe go in didnt?

• di'dnt
• did'nt
• didnt'
• didn't

Multiple Choice

Which word should have an apostrophe in the sentence? Some students are morning people, and some just arent.

• aren't
• student's
• students'
• are'nt

When one thing belongs to two or more people, make only the final name possessive.

• Bob and Jim’s bait shop (Bob and Jim co-own the same bait shop)

• Bill and Sandy's home (Bill and Sandy both own the home)

When you’re talking about separate things that belong to different people, make all the names possessive.

• Bob’s and Jim’s bait shops (Bob owns one bait shop and Jim owns a different one)

• Bill's and Sandy's homes (Bill and Sandy each have a home)

Multiple Choice

_________________ business is doing well. (They own the business together.)

• Bob and Joes'

• Bob's and Joe's

• Bob and Joe's

Multiple Choice

Select the correct possessive form if Aunt Shelia and Uncle Tony do not live in the same house.

• Aunt Shelia and Uncle Tony's house needs improvements.

• Aunt Shelia's and Uncle Tony's houses need improvements.

Use an apostrophe to take the place of the missing numbers or letters.

• I voted in ’16.

• A lot of great movies came out in the '90s.

• “I'm not talkin’ to you. I know you did somethin’ to her and I’ll find out."

Use an apostrophe to make letters and numbers plural, not words.

• I would be disappointed if your report card did not have A's on it.

• Be sure to cross your t’s and dot your i’s.

• Find all the number 7’s.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses the apostrophe incorrectly?

• They had to take 'em away.

• He received four A’s and two B’s

• We hired three M.D.’s and two R.N.’s

• He sold old book’s at the fair on Saturday’s.

Multiple Choice

Which contraction is formed correctly?

• Let + Us = Lets

• Who + Is = Whose

• I + Am = I'am

• We + Would = We'd

Multiple Choice

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the office belongs to the principal.

• the office's principal
• the principals' office
• the office's of the principal
• the principal's office

Multiple Choice

Please don't take the mice's cheese; they're very sensitive about their food being stolen.

• NO CHANGE

• mices cheese

• mouses cheese

• mices' cheese

Multiple Choice

His ______ name is Elizabeth.

• wifes

• wives

• wifes'

• wife's

Multiple Choice

Jennifer: What time are the boys playing soccer today?

Tim: The ________ soccer game has been cancelled.

• boy's

• boys'

• boys's

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The gorilla's escaped through the zoos' entrance.
• The gorillas escaped through the zoo's entrance.
• The gorillas' escaped through the zoo's entrance.
• The gorillas escaped through the zoos entrance.