In a text that students are studying, have students highlight the contractions and then substitute the two words that the contraction replaces. Discuss the poetical or practical reasons for contractions, for example, the rhythm and flow of a poem or the true representation of how a character speaks. Repeat the above activity looking for apostrophes of possession. Identify whether there is one or more owners.
Have students highlight the contractions and then substitute the two words that it replaces. Discuss the poetical as well as practical reasons for contractions. Roberto and Kims dogs got into a fight at the neighbours house.
One dog lost its collar. The other dog lost its leg. I had to call Franks lawyer to see what he could do. The lawyers name was Phoenix. Frank said I could visit Phoenix house, but I didnt want to drive over there. After all it was Roberto and Kims problem, not mine. Besides, Phoenix fees were outrageous. I left Bob and Kim to go watch a movie. For some reason 27 movie-goers dogs were fighting too. I called the police. They didnt believe me. They said to call someone elses phone, and that if I made one more prank call, they would take away my straight As from my 10th grade report card.
Students can learn about contraction and possessive apostrophes in the department's interactive resource 'laptop wraps' Putting the apostrophe in its place. ACELA Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns.
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A contraction is a shortened combination of two ordinarily separate words and contains an apostrophe. This set of words is a very common cause of mistakes in written English. Note that this word does not contain an apostrophe. In fact, for all the examples that we look at in this article, the possessive does not contain an apostrophe. Apostrophes with these words are used to form the contraction in each case.
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Neither way is more correct than the other. Your email address will not be published. English Language Help Desk. Skip to content. How to use the apostrophe By Marina Pantcheva The apostrophe has two functions: it marks possession, and it is used in contractions to indicate the place where the letters have been omitted.
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