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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 1

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophe in each of these 20 sentences is used correctly.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 2

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 3

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Handout
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Rules for Finding and Fixing Apostrophe Errors

For Students 6th - 8th
Rules and examples to demonstrate proper use of apostrophes to show possession, form contractions, and make irregular plurals.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 4

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 5

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the rules for apostrophe use. It includes a list of rules and examples of apostrophe use and links to a website on apostrophe rules.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: The Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the three uses for apostrophes: forming possessives of nouns, forming plurals of lowercase letters, and showing omission of letters and provides examples of each.
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Other

Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th
What is an apostrophe and how is it used properly in punctuation? "Punctuation Made Simple," gives some concrete examples for apostrophe use.
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Other

World Wide Words: Possessive Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the misuse of the apostrophe, such as using an apostrophe in a word which is a simple plural, now known as "greengrocer's apostrophe", the contraction it/it's, who's/whose, etc. A trend toward dropping the possessive...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes and Possession

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the use of apostrophes to show possession. It explains when to add apostrophe s, when to add only an apostrophe, how to show joint possession, and how to show possession with compound nouns. It provides examples of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Meet the Apostrophe

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Self-checking quiz tests understanding of apostrophes. Immediate feedback is given and hints or a video are available if needed.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Apostrophe" including a definition, examples, and a discussion of the differences between "apostrophe" and an "authorial instrusion."
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Other

Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses the two main functions of apostrophes: contractions and forming possessives.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes in Contractions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the use of apostrophes to form contractions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Apostrophes and Contractions: Introduction to Contractions

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Try these five multiple-choice questions to help review your understanding of contractions and apostrophes.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes and Contractions

For Students 6th - 8th
This slideshow lesson focuses on apostrophes and contractions; it defines contractions and shows how contractions are formed using apostrophes for the missing letters. It provides a contraction chart including the contraction, its...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes and Possession

For Students 9th - 10th
Six slides introducing apostrophes and how they can be used properly with singular and plural nouns to show possession.
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Learning Games For Kids

Learning Games for Kids: Where Does the Apostrophe Go?

For Students 2nd Standards
Play this online learning game by showing where the apostrophe would go in several different contractions. Master all three levels to win the game.
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Primary Resources

Gareth Pitchford's Primary Resources: Apostrophe Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
Need instant feedback about your apostrophe skills? Take this quick quiz and get your answers checked immediately. Ten questions challenge your skills.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes: Lesson 13

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces apostrophes and how they are used. It is 13 of 13 in the series titled "Apostrophes."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes: Lesson 9

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces apostrophes and how they are used. It is 9 of 13 in the series titled "Apostrophes."
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TES Global

Blendspace: Contractions Using Apostrophes 3.w.6.2b

For Students 3rd
A thirteen-part learning module with links to images, videos, images, and websites about using apostrophes in contractions.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Possessive Pronoun and Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue Online Writing Lab article explains the three uses of the apostrophe.

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