Spelling Punctuation and Grammar Apostrophes SPa G Apostrophes

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Apostrophes SPa. G | Apostrophes Year One

• I can use possessive apostrophes with plural nouns. • I can describe what an apostrophe is. • I can explain what a plural is. • I can identify a possessive apostrophe for a plural in a sentence. • I can use a possessive apostrophe with plurals in my own sentences.

Apostrophes can be used to show that something belongs to someone or something. This is called When we are talking about one thing we call this

Look at the examples below:

If the noun is plural and ends in –s, add only an apostrophe.

If the noun is plural and does not end in s, add –’s.

However, plural nouns can be spelt using a variety of different letter endings. If the noun ends with an ‘s’, we still show an apostrophe of possession but without adding another ‘s’ after it. Photos courtesy of David Masters and ep. Sos. de (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

More examples are shown below: Photos courtesy of anathema and pfly (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

More examples are shown below: Photos courtesy of John. Seb hughrocks (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Watch the following short film to check your understanding:

Get your reading book ready and draw this table on your whiteboard. Apostrophes for Singular Possession Apostrophes for Plural Possession When the timer starts, you will have 5 minutes to find as many examples of both as you can. Start End

How many did you collect? Apostrophes for Singular Possession Apostrophes for Plural Possession