1) The Lazy Apostrophe When you join two words together, you must use an apostrophe to show the missing letters It’s instead of it is Don’t instead of.

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1) The Lazy Apostrophe When you join two words together, you must use an apostrophe to show the missing letters It’s instead of it is Don’t instead of do not Wouldn’t instead of would not You’re instead of you are

2) The Possessive Apostrophe Possessive apostrophes are used when something belongs to something else They can be tricky because sometimes it is different, if there is only one thing or if there are lots of things.

Possessive apostrophes when there is only one thing RULE: Add an apostrophe and an ‘s’ The witch's broom Macbeth’s mind The lion’s dinner Gerard’s cookery book The door’s hinge

Possessive apostrophes when the thing already ends in ‘s’ RULE: An apostrophe is added after the s Ross’ hair Bridget Jones’ Diary Chris’ football Mr Noakes’ bell

Possessive apostrophes when the thing is plural RULES: The apostrophe follows the same rules as before; If there is already an s there then only an apostrophe is added If there is no s an apostrophe and an s are added EXAMPLES: The children’s sweets The girls’ make-up The boys’ essays

Apostrophes Task Select true or false for each question; Apostrophes can help to show ownership I ca’nt is the correct use of apostrophes? Apostrophes lengthen words If something ends in S you put an apostrophe after it? Apostrophes show that a letter has been missed out?