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Contractions and Possessive Nouns

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Contractions and Possessive Nouns
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mr.  Green _____ taken the train today instead of driving.

should of

should've

shouln't

shoulda

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is the correct possessive form for: the eyes of the students

student's eyes

students' eyes

eyes' students

eye's students

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.3.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is the correct possessive form for:

the history of Texas

Texas's history

Texases history

Texas' history

Texas history

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.3.1A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the correct possessive form of the noun. 
runners

runner's

runners'

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The beaver's building a mighty shelter.

Contraction

Possessive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the difference between a CONTRACTION and a POSSESSIVE NOUN?

Possessive nouns don't contain apostrophes; contractions do.

Possessive nouns indicate ownership; contractions combine two words.

Possessive nouns are nouns; contractions are adjectives.

Possessive nouns are extremely formal; contractions are informal.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can you tell the difference between a POSSESSIVE NOUN and a CONTRACTION?

Look for the apostrophe.

Substitute the word "is" for the apostrophe and s, and see if the sentence still works.

Check to see whether the word that follows is a noun or a verb.

There is no way to tell the difference.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

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