English Studies
Grade 4
7/5/20

Apostrophe (')

The apostrophe is a punctuation mark which is used to indicate possession and contraction.

1. Possession apostrophe:- We use possession apostrophe to show that something/some things belong to some one or some people. It goes with letter s

Note: When the possessor is a singular noun or plural irregular noun, the apostrophe comes before s. e.g

A) The car of my father = my father's car.
B) The house of my uncle = my uncle's house.
C) The shop of her mother = her mother's shop.
D) Room for men = men's room
E) Bible for Children = children's Bible

However, the apostrophe comes after s if the noun is plural and regular. e.g.

A) The day of mothers = mothers' day
B) Day of worker = workers' day
C) Salary of teachers = teachers' salary

2) Contraction apostrophe:- This is used to show shortened version of some expressions. In other words, it is called contraction. e.g
A) Cannot = can't
B) Could not = couldn't
C) Will not = won't
D)They will = they'll
E) They have = they've


ASSIGNMENT

Write the longer forms of the following
1) It's
2) ain't
3) shan't
4) we're
5 I'll

Following the given example, rewrite the following.

The book of Ikechi = Ikechi's book
1) The branches of the trees
2) The office of the teachers
3) The toys of the girl.


Good luck

Clara O