APOSTROPHE USE LANGUAGE ARTS 6 REASONS FOR APOSTROPHE

APOSTROPHE USE LANGUAGE ARTS 6

REASONS FOR APOSTROPHE USE 1. Possessive ownership 2. Contractions 3. Plurals of letters, numbers, symbols

POSSESSIVE OWNERSHIP • A noun that is being possessed/owned by a person or thing • Phrase to identify ownership: ________ of the _______ • Read the sentence and identify what is being possessed. Translate to this phrase!

EXAMPLES • The young nations athletes were competing. ________ of the _______ athletes of the young nation = young nation’s athletes

EXAMPLES • The competitors victories won him praise. ________ of the _______ victories of the competitor = competitor’s victories

EXAMPLES • Johns tooth was bothering him. ________ of the _______ tooth of John = John’s tooth

Notice!!!!!! • The second blank of the phrase contain the words that show ownership and require apostrophe use! hair of the candy of the dog = dog’s hair jar = jar’s candy

APOSTROPHE PLACEMENT 1. Determine if the noun is singular or plural 2. If singular, always use ‘s 1. If plural, place apostrophe in front of plural form. 3 dogs’ bones OR men’s clothing

EXAMPLES • Feathers of the geese = geese’s feathers • Lid of the box = box’s lid • food of many deer = deer’s food • Food of one deer = deer’s food