GrammarYears 4–5Punctuation

Apostrophes for possession

Use apostrophes for possession: singular (the dog's bone) and plural (the dogs' bones)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a red pencil ✏️ that belongs to Sam. To show it's Sam's pencil, we add an apostrophe and an s.

  2. 2

    How do you write 'the pencil that belongs to Sam'?

  3. 3

    Drag the apostrophe and s to the right place in 'Tom __ ball'.

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: the bag that belongs to Amy.

  5. 5

    What is the correct way to write 'the cat that belongs to Dad'?

  6. 6

    Add the apostrophe and s to show the bike belongs to Ben.

  7. 7

    Which sentence is correct?

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