2. This is Johns room. How do I know that this room belongs to
John? 3. This is Johns room.You need an apostrophe toshow
possession. If youonly add an s, you aremaking the word plural. 4.
But what if the word is plural? 5. You do not need to add an extra
s ifyou have added an s to make the word plural Lets say that John
shares his room with histwo brothers, Jake and Joe. If you were
torefer to their room, you might say: This is thebrothers room. You
only need to add an apostrophe to showpossession in this case. 6.
And if you wanted to list the brothers names, and then show
possession? This is John, Jake, and Joes room. You place the
apostrophe and s at the end of the list. 7. And what do you do if
the wordalready ends in s?You still add the apostrophe and s. Ex.
This is Chriss car. 8. Lets practice! 9. Add the apostrophe and s
in theappropriate place. I love Jen scarf! That is Mike, Todd, and
Jeremy car. The princess castle is beautiful! I went to my mom room
to get her hairbrush. My sister favorite dessert is pie. The girls
love to play with their Barbie dolls. 10. Did you get it right?Lets
check your answers! 11. I love Jens scarf! That is Mike, Todd, and
Jeremys car. The princesss castle is beautiful! I went to my moms
room to get her hairbrush. My sisters favorite dessert is pie.The
girls love to play with their Barbiedolls. 12. So, you know how to
show possession. What else would you need the apostrophe for? 13.
The apostrophe indicates that letters are missing in contractions.
A contractions is when you contract, orcombine, two words. This is
a device that you might use in acolloquial, or conversational form
of writing. 14. Common Contractions Have= ve Ex. Ive=I have,
couldve=could have (Do not saycould of!), etc 15. More Common
Contractions I am-Im Not=nt Ex. couldnt=couldnot, cant=cannot,
shouldnt=should not 16. And More Common Contractions Id-I would
Are=re Ex. Theyre=they are, were=we are 17. Apostrophes can also be
use to contract years 1990=90 2001=01 18. Lets Practice! 19. Create
a contraction from thefollowing: Cannot Will not Should have Could
have 1990 I will You are They are We will not It is 20. Did you get
it right?Lets (a contraction for let us) checkyour answers! 21.
Cant Wont Shouldve Couldve 90 Ill Youre Theyre We wont Its 22. Now
its time for you to practiceeverything that you have worked on! 23.
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