Apostrophe Philosophy

A punctuation mark used to show ownership and write contractions is ____________.

• apostrophe

• period

• exclamation point

• comma

A ______________________ noun is a noun that shows ownership with an apostrophe.

• common noun

• proper noun

• possessive noun

• plural noun

A ___________________ is when two words are joined together and written as one word with an apostrophe.

• subtraction

• contraction

• attraction

• fraction

Contraction for we are

• we're

• were

Contraction for does not

• does'nt

• doesn't

• dosen't

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

Contraction for will not

• will'nt

• willn't

• won't

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

What two words make up the contraction could've?

• could of

• could have

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

That ___________________ ears are huge!

• elephant's

• elephants'

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

In the forest, all the _____________ branches were waving in the wind.

• tree's

• trees'

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

The teacher looked at all the __________ work and chose the best artist.

• student's

• students'

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A