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By Group Quizizz

​Contractions

& Possessives

​Contractions

& Possessives

What is an apostrophe?

• This symbol is an apostrophe ---> '​

• This can show that something is owned

• This can also show two words that are combined into one ​

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• Multiple things

• For example, if you have six apples, you have "apples" are plural

• If three people are at a table, "people" is plural​

Plural​

• Only one of something

• For example, if you have one apple, you have a singular apple

• If one person is at a table, a singular person is at a table. ​

Singular

​What does singular and plural mean?

What is a possessive?​

• ​A possessive describes owning something.

• When a possessive is present, you will put an apostrophe before or after the S.

• ​This shows "owning" or "possession" of something by a singular or plural group.

Apostrophes with singular and plural nouns

• When something is plural and has something, you put the apostrophe after the S.

• For example, if the work belongs to the students, it is the students' work.​

​Plural

• When something is singular and it has something, you put the apostrophe after the S.

• For example, if Sally has soup, it is Sally's soup.

Singular

Examples

Plural

Singular

​The cat's yarn

​The cats' yarn

​The dog's ball

​The dogs' ball

​The student's books

​The students' books

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Apostrophes to show Singular & Plural ​

Multiple Choice

The _____ like spaghetti.

• Monsters

• Monsters's

• Monsters'

• Monsterss

Multiple Choice

This is _____ textbook.

• Emma

• Emmas

• Emma's

• Emmas'

Fill in the Blanks

The tail on the monster.

What is a contraction?

• A contraction is a short way of writing two words.​

• We use an apostrophe ​( ' ) to take the place of the missing letter or letters.

Examples:​

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• Do not = Don't​

• Can not = Can't

• Will not = Won't

• Has not = Hasn't​

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​ I do not want any ice cream

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I don't want any ice cream

​ If the second word is

Not

T​he ' takes the place of the O

Common Contraction Rules

​ If the second word is

IS

T​he ' takes the place of the I

​ If the second word is

Are

T​he ' takes the place of the A

Common Contraction Rules

​ If the second word is

Have​

T​he ' takes the place of the HA

​ If the second word is

Will​

T​he ' takes the place of the WI

Contractions​

Draw

Do Not

Multiple Choice

Is not

• isn't

• isnt

• i'snt

• is'nt

Fill in the Blanks

He will go to the park today.

Lets Review

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Poll

What can an apostrophe be used for?

• To contract work by combining two words into one

  or

  represent ownership

• Represent ownership

• Combine two words into one word.

Poll

Contract the sentence.

I do not want ice cream because it is cold.

• I don't want ice cream because it is cold.

• I do not want ice cream because it is cold.

• I don't want ice cream because it's cold.

• I dono't want ice cream because it's cold.

Poll

Change the word to plural.

The girl's ball.

• girls's

• girls'

• girl's

• girls

Multiple Select

Choose all words that can be contracted

• He will

• He is

• They are

• Does not

Poll

The phone that belongs to Ana.

• Ana's Phone

• Anas' Phone

• Anas Phone

Multiple Select

Choose all possessive words.

• Her's

• He's

• She'll

• Their's