
Apostrophes
Authored by Megan Harvey
English
2nd - 4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A contraction is a word that’s made by combining two different words and removing some letters. When you combine words, you put them together. Removing letters means taking the letters out and getting rid of them. When you make a contraction, you create a word that’s smaller in length. It’s a shorter way of saying what you want to say! Instead of saying “we are,” you can say “we’re.” Instead of saying “could have,” you can say “could’ve.”
According to the text, what happens when you make a contraction?
You create a word that is smaller in length.
You put two words together and add more letters.
You say something using more words.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
An apostrophe is a punctuation mark that shows that letters are missing. How do you know where to put an apostrophe in a contraction? You put it in place of the letters you took out. You replace the missing letters with the apostrophe. To make a contraction from we + are, put an apostrophe in place of the “a” you took out. You make the contraction we’re.
The contraction for they + are is they’re. Which letter or letters in “they are” does the apostrophe replace?
y and a
y
a
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
When you combine two words to make a contraction, you usually take out letters from the second word. You don’t take out any letters from the first word. To make a contraction from do + not you take the “o” out of “not.” You don’t take out any letters from “do.”
There’s an exception to this rule! To make a contraction from will + not, you take out the “o” from “not” and the “ill” from “will.” You put an “o” in place of the “ill.” The contraction for will + not is won’t. It is not “willn’t.”
Choose the sentence that uses the correct contraction for will + not.
I willn’t eat these frozen peas because they are still cold.
You willnot believe what’s going to happen once the party starts.
I won’t be able to go until I finish reading this book.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
To make contractions when not is the second word, you usually remove the “o” and replace it with an apostrophe. Here are some examples of contractions with not:
are + not → aren’t could + not → couldn’t did + not → didn’t does + not → doesn’t have + not → haven’t is + not → isn’t should + not → shouldn’t was + not → wasn’t
Find the error in the contraction for did + not in the sentence below.
Lezley didnot make pancakes.
There should be an apostrophe after the “t.”
The “o” should be replaced with an apostrophe.
The letters “n” and “t” should be replaced with an apostrophe.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
To make contractions when will is the second word, remove the “wi.” Replace these letters with an apostrophe. Here are some examples of contractions with will:
I + will → I’ll it + will → it’ll he + will → he’ll she + will → she’ll they + will → they’ll we + will → we’ll you + will → you’ll
Choose the correct contraction for who + will.
whowill
whow’ll
who’ll
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Nouns are words that name people, places, ideas and things. Nouns can own, or possess, things. A noun that owns something is called a possessive noun. A possessive noun needs a punctuation mark called an apostrophe. It looks like this: ’. The apostrophe shows that the noun owns something.
Which word in the sentence below is a possessive noun?
I found some old photos in the boxes in my aunt’s attic.
photos
boxes
aunt's
attic
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Apostrophes, and where you put them, are important. Each of these statements means something different:
The books on the shelf are my teachers.
The books on that shelf are my teacher’s.
The books on that shelf are my teachers’.
Where you put the apostrophe depends on if the noun is singular or plural. Singular nouns name one person, place, thing or idea. Plural nouns name more than one person, place, thing or idea. Many plural nouns end in "s" or "es."
Which word in the sentence below is a plural noun?
My two dogs love to run around the yard and play with the beach ball and pool noodle.
noodle
dogs
yard
ball
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