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Contractions and Possessives Worksheet
Rewrite each one with an apostrophe: do not becomes don't, and the barn of the farmer becomes the farmer's barn.
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Contractions and Possessives
8 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: An apostrophe (') can stand for the letters left out of a contraction, as in is not becoming isn't. An apostrophe and an s can also show that a person or animal owns something, as in my brother's shoe. Rewrite each word, phrase, or sentence so that it uses an apostrophe.
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About this worksheet
An apostrophe does two jobs. In a contraction it stands for missing letters (is not, isn't). In a possessive it shows who owns something (the coach's whistle).
The sheet mixes both, so the child decides which job the apostrophe is doing.
A worked example
the leash that belongs to our puppy
- Who owns something? Our puppy owns the leash.
- Add an apostrophe and s to the owner: puppy's.
- Put the owner first: our puppy's leash.
Answer: our puppy's leash
The common mistake
What it looks like: Putting the apostrophe in the wrong place, as in "does'nt", or adding one to every word ending in s.
Why it happens: The child knows an apostrophe is needed but not what it stands for.
How to fix it: In a contraction, the apostrophe sits exactly where the letters were taken out: does not, doesn't.
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