English Version 2.0 / Level 3 / Language / Language for expressing and developing ideas
Content description
understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and how apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession in regular and irregular nouns
Elaborations
using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’, ‘will not’ becomes ‘won’t’ and ‘of the clock’ becomes ‘o’clock’
using apostrophes to show singular possession, for example ‘my friend’s book’ and ‘the princess’s shoe’
using apostrophes to show plural possession, for example ‘the bees’ hive’ and ‘the princesses’ shoes’
using apostrophes to show plural possessions in irregular nouns, for example ‘the children’s shoes’ and ‘the mice’s cheese’
Code
VC2E3LA12
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