1. APOSTROPHES I’m sure you won’t really listen © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

2. Where do they go?  The first rule of apostrophe’s is that you put them in place of a space or a letter(s) that you’ve missed out:  Do not Don’t  Can notCan’t  I wouldI’d  We hadWe’d  You areYou’re (not your)  It isIt’s © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

3. Secondly Possessive  When something belongs to someone(thing):  If the thing (i.e. James) has an S on the end the apostrophe will be added on the end without an extra s  Eliana’s hair  The Dog’s nose  The Dogs’ noses  James’ face  Toby’s only friend © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

4. The nasty exception  NEVER use a possessive apostrophe when referring to it if something belongs to it we don’t use an apostrophe so that its is not confused with it’s (it is)  Its bed  Its pet mouse  It’s my pet mouse and it’s in my bed © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

5. Plurals  If you have 2 or more of something you do not need an apostrophe  1 dog 2 dogs  1 chair 3789 chairs  1 sheep 2 sheep  1 girl 3 girls (playing golf in a colourful pyramid)  There is no apostrophe in GCSEs  Or 1970s etc (there is in the ’70s) © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

6. Lets test it out  The suns rays = the rays of the sun.  The archbishops palace = the palace of the archbishop.  The archbishops palace = the palace of the archbishops.  The mens shirts = the shirts of the men.  Childrens T-shirts = T-shirts of children.  The peoples princess = the princess of the people.  Everyones help = help of everyone.  You shouldnt have done that = you should not have done that © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

7. Let’s test it out  The suns rays = the rays of the sun.  The archbishops palace = the palace of the archbishop.  The archbishops palace = the palace of the archbishops.  The mens shirts = the shirts of the men.  Childrens T-shirts = T-shirts of children.  The peoples princess = the princess of the people.  Everyones help = help of everyone.  You shouldnt have done that = you should not have done that © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

8. Hey look, it’s the answers!!  The sun's rays = the rays of the sun.  The archbishop's palace = the palace of the archbishop.  The archbishops' palace = the palace of the archbishops.  The men's shirts = the shirts of the men.  Children's T-shirts = T-shirts of children.  The people's princess = the princess of the people.  Everyone's help = help of everyone.  You shouldn't have done that = you should not have done that © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

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