Apostrophes
What does the apostrophe indicate in contractions?
Missing letters or numbers
What school subjects are capitalized? Why?
Languages and any class with a number after it.
Do possessive personal pronouns require an apostrophe?
NO!
What questions do adjectives answer?
Which one? What kind? How many?
How do you abbreviate the year 2023 with the use of an apostrophe?
'23
What is the difference between joint possession and individual possession?
Joint possession only requires and apostrophe after the last name.
ex. Tim and Jack's friend is happy to see them.
Individual possession requires an apostrophe after each name.
ex. Sarah's, Jim's, and Tia's phones were taken away during class.
What is wrong with the following sentence? Why?
We traveled Northeast to the beach from the Holiday Inn.
Northeast should not be capitalized because it is a direction of travel.
What is an example of an indefinite pronoun in the possessive case?
ex. everybody's, nobody's, something's, etc.
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence.
The pop star wore dark black sunglasses as she left the movie.
Pop, dark, and black.
What high school did Ms. Hemphill attend?
Goffstown High School
What is the plural possessive form of the word 'cactus'?
cacti's
Is the following sentence correct? Why or why not?
I visit Brother Mathew every day when I pass the monastery.
monastery = a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
It is correct. If words like "brother" are a part of the name, they are capitalized.
Find the pronoun in the following sentence.
Another student wanted one of the folders.
One
Add 2 adjectives to the following sentence that begin with the letter "n."
They went to the store to buy shoes.
Ex. They went to the nearest store to buy new shoes.
How could the following sentence be edited with the use of a personal pronoun?
Jane takes pride in Jane's outfit.
Replace "Jane's" with "her."
Which is correct?
My three (neighbors'/neighbor's/neighbors) have a swimming pool.
neighbors
Which words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
the golden gate bridge is in san francisco.
The, Golden Gate Bridge, and San Francisco
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence AND identify the type of pronoun.
Our mother wants to talk to yours.
our and yours
personal pronouns
Find the adjective(s) in the following sentence?
The baseball team wrapped up another winning streak their final game.
baseball, another, winning and final
What type(s) of nouns are capitalized?
Proper nouns
When should one use an apostrophe "s" to form plurals?
There is one lowercase letter OR a word is referred to as a word
Make the following sentence have correct capitalization.
We listened to renaissance music last Spring at a concert in Derryfield park.
Capitalize- Renaissance and park
Do not capitalize- spring
Find the pronouns and identify what kind.
"What is that?" Ms. Hemphill asked the class yesterday morning.
Demonstrative pronoun-that
Interrogative- What
What is a synonym of the adjective in the following sentence.
Jill and I had a friendship until it became toxic and we parted ways.
Ex. harmful
Find the noun(s) and adjective(s) in the following sentence.
The fludix wristled apogolistically in a forliptious grudle, so the prelostats emblicked for a frum instead.
fludix = noun
forliptious = adjective
grudle = noun
prelostats = noun
frum = noun