RIC-20800_Teaching_Strategies_for_Writing_BkD_punctuation
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UNIT 12<br />
HOW MANY OWNERS?<br />
It is easy to work out if there is only one single owner or if there are plural owners.<br />
Just follow the steps.<br />
Step 1 Find the apostrophe<br />
Step 2 Find the owner (What is written just be<strong>for</strong>e the apostrophe?)<br />
Step 3 Ask yourself if there is one or more than one of them.<br />
1. Underline the owner or owners. How many owners are there? Write ‘s’ <strong>for</strong> singular<br />
and ‘p’ <strong>for</strong> more than one.<br />
(a) the girls’ party (b) the teacher’s cars<br />
(c) the chefs’ hats (d) the sons’ game<br />
(e) the man’s choice (f) the boys’ team<br />
(g) the doctors’ surgery (h) birds’ babies<br />
2. Change the single owner to multiple owners by moving<br />
the apostrophe.<br />
(a) one girl’s parents many parents<br />
(b) one garden’s flowers many flowers<br />
(c) one lion’s mane many manes<br />
(d) one bird’s cage many cages<br />
3. Change multiple owners to a single owner by moving the apostrophe.<br />
(a) the cats’ toys one toys<br />
(b) the trees’ leaves one leaves<br />
(c) the rockstars’ photos one photos<br />
(d) the jets’ engines one engines<br />
4. Write a sentence showing one owner of ‘letters’.<br />
5. Write a sentence showing many owners of ‘hay’.<br />
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TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR WRITING (Book D)<br />
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