Possessive Nouns and Apostrophes

Given the sentence, which choice uses apostrophes correctly?

• The volunteers are going to Captain Torres's mansion for games.

• The volunteers' are going to Captain Torres' mansion for games'.

• The volunteer's are going to Captain Torres's mansion for games.

• The volunteers' are going to Captain Torres' mansion for game's.

Two reasons to use apostrophes are for...

• plural nouns and conjunctions

• possessive nouns and plural nouns

• plural nouns and contractions

• possessive nouns and contractions

Which sentence shows a plural possessive?

• The children's books are being shipped today.

• The children are sitting quietly.

• The child's toy is missing.

Which sentence shows a singular possessive?

• The moon is bright tonight.

• The goat's legs are too skinny.

• My family is leaving today.

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

• Emmanuel is going out with her.

• It's very hot outside.

• Her stares' are as cold as ice.

Why do we use apostrophes?

• To show ownership and action

• To form contractions and compound words

• To show ownership and form contractions

Which punctuation "shows" possession?

• commas

• apostrophes

• periods

• quotation marks

The _____ toy is under the couch.

• cat's

• cats

• cats'

________ camera is a lot like mine.

• Jasons'

• Jasons

• Jason's

Select the sentence which use the apostrophe correctly.

• Jims' bike is red and yellow.

• Jim,s bike is red and yellow.

• Jims's bike is red and yellow.

• Jim's bike is red and yellow.