Apostrophes: Contraction and Possession
English · Grammar & Punctuation · procedural
Use apostrophes in writing for both contraction (marking omitted letters) and singular possession, distinguishing the two uses
What mastery looks like
- Use apostrophes correctly in both 'don't' and 'Sam's bag' within the same piece of writing
- Explain the difference between apostrophe for contraction and apostrophe for possession
- Correct misplaced or missing apostrophes in a set of sentences
Check your understanding
When Apostrophes: Contraction and Possession writes a word like "don't" or "it's", do they put the apostrophe in the right place — and can they also write something like "the dog's bowl" to show the bowl belongs to the dog?
Prerequisites
Required first
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