Possessive apostrophes

What does possession mean?

• wanting something

• ownership, belonging to

• giving something

• borrowing something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which punctuation "shows" possession?

• commas

• apostrophes

• periods

• quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

________ phone is a lot like mine.

• Janes'

• Janes's

• Jane's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

Select the sentence which use the apostrophe correctly.

• Jims' bike is red and yellow.

• Jim,s bike is red and yellow.

• Jims's bike is red and yellow.

• Jim's bike is red and yellow.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

the books that belong to the girls

• the girl's books

• the girls' books

• the girls book's

• the girl's book's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.3.1A

the tail of the monkey

• the monkey's tail

• the monkeys' tail

• the monkey tail

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

the handles of the umbrellas

• the umbrella's handles

• the umbrellas' handles

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

the adventures of the dog

• the dog's adventures

• the dogs' adventures

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

the laughs of the child

• the children's laughs

• the childs' laugh

• the child's laugh

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

The ______ pages are torn out.

• book's

• books

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B