Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Two, Lesson Two: Apostrophes

  1. please
  2. place
  3. pleasant
  4. plural
  5. purple
  6. ripple
  7. evaporate
  8. steam
  9. ocean
  10. stream
  1. sea
  2. lake
  3. river
  4. freeze
  5. north
  6. south
  7. east
  8. west
  9. central
  10. region
Apostrophes

Sometimes more than one thing possesses another thing. In these cases we place the apostrophe a little differently. Consider this example: 


	The boys' game will start at noon.
If something belongs to a group and the word we use for the group ends with an "s" then we just add an apostrophe to show ownership. Here are a couple of examples. 

       We stopped to watch the children's game.

       We stopped to watch the girls' game.
To talk about more than one child we use the word children. Since it does not end with an "s" we add apostrophe-s to show possession. To talk about more than one girl we use the word girls. Since it does end with an "s" we just add an apostrophe to show possession. 

       APOSTROPHE-S                 MEANING
                                                                                
    Greg's kite                 The kite that belongs to Greg.
                   
    the class' project		The project that belongs to the class.                                                             
                      
    the babies' cries		The cries that belong to the babies.

    the birds' nests		The nests that belong to the birds.

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