APOSTROPHE STUDY GUIDE ELA Dr. Faber

POSSESSIVE NOUNS  A possessive noun implies ownership of something by that person, place, or thing (the noun). To make a singular noun—like boy, dog, or school—possessive, add-’s.  The boy’s yo yo.  The school’s bleachers.  The kite’s tail.

CONTRACTIONS  The word contract means to press together or shorten. When you squeeze two words together to make another word, that's called a contraction. Many contractions are used in speech and in informal writing. (Formal writing etiquette discourages the use of slang and contractions).

BE CAREFUL  Do not confuse the plural form of a noun for its possessive form. Plural form: His parents drove us to school. Singular Possessive: We went to school in his parent’s car. The first sentence --- two parents drove to school. The second sentence ---- the car of only one parent. Plural Possessive: We went to school in his parent’s car. This sentence implies that the car belongs to both of his parents, not just one. ONLY ONE POSSESSIVE—ITS—DOES NOT REQUIRE AN APOSTROPHE.

CONTRACTIONS OF COMMON PRONOUNS Am/areWillHave/hasHad/would II’mI’llI’veI’d YouYou’reYou’llYou’veYou’d HeHe’sHe’llHe’sHe’d SheShe’sShe’llShe’sShe’d ItIt’sIt’llIt’sIt’d TheyThey’reThey’llThey’veThey’d WeWe’reWe’llWe’veWe’d

CONTRACTIONS OF HELPING VERBS is+not→Isn’t Are+not→Aren’t Was+not→Wasn’t Can+not→Can’t Had+not→Hadn’t Did+not→Didn’t Should+not→Shouldn’t Would+not→Wouldn’t

NOW YOU FILL-IN THE CONTRACTIONS is+not→ Are+not→ Was+not→ Can+not→ Had+not→ Did+not→ Should+not→ Would+not→

NOW YOU FILL-IN THE CONTRACTIONS Am/areWillHave/hasHad/would I You He She It They We