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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 2

Target 8 : ’’’’’’’’ Apostrophes – Rule 2 ’’’’’’’’



Apostrophes are also used to show that something belongs to
someone or something. The apostrophe points to the owner.


The cat’s tail



The dog’s kennel

The teacher’s book


BUT:- When there is more than one owner, you put


the apostrophe after the s.

The boys’ game

The dogs’ tails

The goats’ field
















Add the missing apostrophes to this passage:-


It was a sunny day, so we put the childrens fishing gear

in Sams car and drove down to the river. We took the

dogs collars because the river was next to the sheeps

field. Sams daughters, Sharon and Pam, arrived and
came with us. We all caught several fish but Sharons

fish were the biggest.






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