This quiz looks at apostrophes for contractions and teaches children about connecting two words, the latter being ‘not’. The National Curriculum asks that KS1 children in Year 2 know that they should use an apostrophe to mark when a letter is missing. This section is on all the possible words that add the contraction ‘not’. This quiz will improve their understanding of English and literacy.
The shorter way of writing ‘is not’ is ‘isn't’. When you shorten two words like this, it’s called a contraction because they are made smaller, or contracted. The apostrophe (') stands for the 'o' that has been left out. We can join ‘not’ to lots of words.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Using apostrophes to contract words
The word 'hasn't' is 'has' and 'not' pushed together. This style of hat is called a sombrero and can be bought in Mexico.
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You must always include the apostrophe as this represents the missing letter.
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Yogurt is believed to have originated thousands of years ago in Eastern Europe and Asia.
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The scientific name for bananas is musa sapientum, which means “fruit of the wise men.”
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Many weddings include a white cake but it was Queen Victoria who had the first white cake, that's why white icing is now called 'royal icing'.
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I wonder what she's got on her back.
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The word 'won't' is 'will not' contracted but as you can see, the word changes slightly - this is something that needs to be remembered.
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Haven't is 'have' and 'not' contracted. The sentence would make sense with the words separated or contracted, it depends on the type of writing you are doing. If this was a serious letter, then you should write the two words out separately and not contract.
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Remember, sentences can include more than one contraction.
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There were three contractions in the sentence. Currently, the fastest roller coaster in the world is in Abu Dhabi.
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