Starter quiz
- Match these punctuation marks to their name.
- .⇔full stop ✓
- !⇔exclamation mark ✓
- ?⇔question mark ✓
- '⇔apostrophe ✓
- Which words contain an apostrophe?
- can't ✓
- cannot
- I am
- I'm ✓
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- Select the nouns.
- hiding
- Jacob ✓
- thirsty
- tree ✓
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- Match the word with the correct definition.
- singular⇔only one ✓
- plural⇔more than one ✓
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places or things ✓
- An apostrophe is always placed…
- at the same height as the descender of a letter
- on top of the first letter in a word
- at the same height as the ascender of a letter ✓
- underneath the last letter in a word
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- Select the singular nouns.
- bear ✓
- plates
- bears
- plate ✓
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Exit quiz
- Select the two purposes of an apostrophe.
- description
- possession ✓
- contraction ✓
- exclamation
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- What does 'possession' mean?
- to love something
- to break something
- to own something ✓
- to rely on something
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- Match the singular nouns to the object they might possess.
- farmer⇔tractor ✓
- artist⇔paintbrush ✓
- musician⇔guitar ✓
- baby⇔teddy ✓
- An apostrophe can...
- show if one noun belongs to another noun ✓
- show when something happens
- show two opposing ideas
- show if one noun is more important than another noun
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- We use __________ to show when one singular noun possesses another noun.
- ’d
- ’t
- ’ll
- ’s ✓
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- Match each ‘possession’ idea to the example that uses it.
- a dummy belonging to a baby⇔a baby's dummy ✓
- a coat belonging to Sam⇔Sam's coat ✓
- toy belonging to a child⇔a child's toy ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation.
- An apostrophe has more than one purpose.
- An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to another singular noun.
- Apostrophes for singular possession are useful to make our writing clear.
- An apostrophe sits at the same height as the ascender of a letter.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify which noun belongs to another noun.
Ensure pupils have a solid grasp of what a noun is and that they always identify the nouns in any example.
Keywords
Apostrophe for possession (s) - a punctuation mark used to show if a noun belongs to another singular noun
Singular - only one
Belong - being the property of
Possession - the state of owning something
Ascender - the upwards part of a lower case letter
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