1st Apostrophe Revision

Apostrophe rules practice for 5th graders! Master possessives & contractions.

Possessive Nouns the ponytail of the girl the girl's ponytail the wheel of the car the car's wheel the chain of the bike the bike's chain the heat of the sun the sun's heat the sickness of the patient the patient's sickness the speed of the runner the runner's speed the smell of the dump the dump's smell the string of the kite the kite's sting the swings of the playground the playground's swings the shoes of the clown the clown's shoes the tears of the boy the boy's tears the punchline of the joke the joke's punchline It's its It's a shame you couldn't make it to my party.The dog bared its teeth to warn off the burglar.I think it's funny when a bird poops on someone.I love my backyard because it's got a swing set.The cat couldn't move because its tail was stuck in the door.Its library is amazing, that's why I love my school. Find the missing word in each of the following sentences: I went to _ house on the weekend. Jameses James' James's Jame's My _ instructions were to go home straight after school. mom and dads mom's and dad's mom and dad's mom and dads' The _ opinion was to remove the Prime Minister from government. people's peoples peoples' people The _ loved going to PE. student's students' students student' Homophones there referring a place (over there) they're a contraction for they are their showing ownership (their class) you're a contraction for you are your showing ownership (your sunglasses) where referring to a place (where should I go?) we're a contraction for we are who's a contraction for who is or who has whose showing ownership (whose bag is this?) its showing ownership (its wings) it's a contraction for it is or it has