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Apostrophes and Contractions
Learners study the pairs of words and then their matching contraction. They study 23 words. A good resource to help children understand how to properly make and use contractions.
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Punctuation 2: Other than Commas
Thoroughly cover the nuances of apostrophes, quotation marks, dashes, hyphens, colons, and semi-colons. Intended for higher-level English classes, the examples given pertain to tricky rules and formal language. There are no animations or...
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Constructing Contractions
Young writers participate in a game to practice making contractions and using the apostrophe properly.
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Its or It's
What's the difference between its and it's? Clear up any misunderstandings in your third grade language arts class. Practice sentences use its or it's twice, prompting learners to use context clues for each usage. At the end of the...
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Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
Students examine the historical and cultural context in Sandburg's poem. The poetic devices of personification and apostrophe are utilized in the poem and identified by Students.
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Possessives
What is a possessive? Review the information at the top of the page before asking your class to work on this independently. For the first eight questions, your learners add the necessary s's and apostrophes when appropriate. For the...
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Punctuation: Visible Speech
Examine the proper uses of punctuation with this easy PowerPoint. Simple, bold, and straightforward, each slide introduces a different symbol. Difficult or confusing instances are indicated as well.
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Apostrophes
Apostrophes as used in plurals, contractions, and possessives are the subject of a short PowerPoint that includes explanations as well as examples of correct and incorrect usage. Consider augmenting the presentation with practice...
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Possessive Apostrophes Worksheet 2
In this grammar worksheet, students underline each word in a paragraph that should have an apostrophe and rewrite the word below, using apostrophes where they are needed.
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What's wrong with "could of," "should of," "would of?"
A common mistake in writing is using the words, "could of" instead of "could have." Additionally, many young writers make the mistake of following a contraction with the word "of." For example; He wouldn't of waited for you. This...
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The Belonging Apostrophe
In this recognizing possessive nouns worksheet, students write the shortened form of phrases using apostrophe and "s", and create sentences using possessive noun phrases. Students write 18 answers.
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Apostrophe S ('s)
In this recognizing appropriate uses of apostrophe and s worksheet, students add apostrophes to possessive nouns and contractions in sentences. Students add 17 apostrophe answers.
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Apostrophe Function and Punctuation
In this apostrophe use worksheet, students read the two primary functions of apostrophes: to show possession and to show the omission of letters. They complete 24 examples in which they apply the rules for both uses.
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Apostrophes Used in Contractions and Possessions
In this writing worksheet, students read about the proper use of apostrophes in possessives and contractions. They decide if 10 statements are written correctly and correct any errors that they find.
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Use of the Apostrophe
In this apostrophe activity, students read about the uses of the apostrophe, then fill in blanks with words that use apostrophe's and choose correct spellings for contractions.
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Apostrophes
In this apostrophe activity, students are given twenty unpunctuated sentences containing apostrophes. Students must punctuate the sentences correctly.
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Apostrophes
In this apostrophes worksheet, students complete the correct version of contractions with the apostrophe in the appropriate spot to complete the sentences. Students complete 7 problems.
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Apostrophe + S
In this apostrophe learning exercise, students rewrite sentences that have contractions as sentences with no contractions. Examples of apostrophe use are given at the top.
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Contractions, Plural Names, and Possessives: An Editing Exercise
Practice proper apostrophe use with a grammar worksheet. After reviewing contractions, plural names, and possessive nouns, kids fix and rewrite 10 incorrect sentences.
McGraw Hill
Grammar Practice Workbook
To an English teacher, the only sound worse than nails on a chalkboard is a student using improper grammar. Make poor grammar a problem of the past with this extensive collection of worksheets that covers everything from sentence...
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Home Sweet Home: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)
Home Sweet Home is the theme of a unit comprised of extra support lessons. Scholars reinforce concepts through chants, grand discussions, and practice worksheets. Topics include digraphs, blending phoneme, long vowels, final sounds,...
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Find the Error: Apostrophe
Your emerging editors review a newspaper advertisement and hunt for the single grammatical error included. They identify what kind of mistake it is and circle that from a list of six possibilities. Grammatical errors may include:...
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Possessive Apostrophes
In this grammar worksheet, students decide if there is one owner or more than one owner in 3 different situations. Then they rewrite each of 14 sentences applying the correct punctuation. Finally, students use possessive apostrophes to...
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Apostrophes for Contraction and Ownership
For this apostrophes worksheet, 4th graders join 5 pairs of words to create contractions with apostrophes. Students then place the missing apostrophes into the text to show ownership.
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