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Apostrophes: Identify, Insert, Use
A Check your understanding
Circle the possessive apostrophes in these sentences. Are they single or plural?
1 The monster’s eyes were yellow and terrifying.2 They took the cat’s toy away to calm it down. George felt less
frightened now.3 Gradually, the girls’ fear of heights began to pass.4 James’s fear of water made it impossible for him to join in.5 Tom’s nephews eventually came home just before dusk. The boys’
clothes were oddly covered in a glowing slime.6 The Octopuses’ tentacles grabbed at the boys’ legs. They fell into
the water and began screaming.7 The Octopus’s tentacles grabbed at the boy’s legs. He fell into the
water and began screaming.
B Explore possession using apostrophes
Annotate this extract, adding apostrophes for possession.
Chloes hands felt cold and clammy. She was nervous about going to the Robinsons house because they had two large dogs. Chloe had been petrified of dogs ever since her neighbours Alsatian had barked and bared his teeth at her on the way to school last year. Dogs barks were a common sound in Chloes street, but usually it didn’t bother her because they were in back gardens or locked up safely inside. Anguss and Geordies barks were like no other. They were loud and aggressive and even the neighbours huge Labrador was terrified of them. Chloe loved playing at Jake Robinsons house, but she did not like his dogs.
C Use possessive apostrophes in writing
Write about someone’s fears using the excerpt in section B as a model. Try to include a range of plural and singular possessive apostrophes.
Circle the possessive apostrophes in these sentences. Are they single or plural?
1 The monster’s eyes were yellow and terrifying. SINGLE2 They took the cat’s toy away to calm it down. George felt less
frightened of it now. SINGLE3 Slowly, the girls’ fear of heights began to pass. PLURAL4 James’s fear of water made it impossible for her to join in. SINGLE5 Tom’s nephews eventually came home just before dusk. The boys’
clothes were oddly covered in a glowing slime. SINGLE and PLURAL
6 The Octopuses’ tentacles grabbed at the boys’ legs. They fell into the water and began screaming. PLURAL and PLURAL
7 The Octopus’s tentacles grabbed at the boy’s legs. He fell into the water and began screaming. SINGLE and SINGLE
B Explore possession using apostrophes
Annotate this extract, adding apostrophes for possession.
Chloe’s hands felt cold and clammy. She was nervous about going to the Robinsons’ house because they had two large dogs. Chloe had been petrified of dogs ever since her neighbour’s Alsatian had barked and bared his teeth at her on the way to school last year. Dogs’ barks were a common sound in Chloe’s street, but usually it didn’t bother her because they were in back gardens or locked up safely inside. Angus’s and Geordie’s barks were like no other. They were loud and aggressive and even the neighbour’s huge Labrador was terrified of them. Chloe loved playing at Jake Robinson’s house, but she did not like his dogs.