This quiz looks at apostrophes for contractions. It teaches KS1 children about connecting two words, the latter being ‘will’, ‘would’ and ‘are’. The National Curriculum requires Year 2 children to know how to use an apostrophe to mark when a letter is missing. This activity will aid their learning on contracting the aforementioned words, and will improve their use of the English language and literacy.
Sometimes we can shorten two words by contracting them together. We can contract ‘I will’ into ‘I’ll’; ‘I would’ into ‘I’d’ and ‘you are’ into ‘you’re’. The apostrophe replaces any of the missing letters.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Using apostrophes to contract words
Cake used to be considered a small, flattened type of bread. Thank goodness it's changed to the sugary treat we enjoy on our birthdays!
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I'd can mean 'I had' and 'I would' - you will need to read the sentence aloud, separating the two words to see which one sounds correct.
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You were can't be contracted.
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If you forget the apostrophe you will be writing the word 'shell', which makes the sentence sound very strange!
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Maybe someone will spot his orange jacket.
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Remember 'they're' sounds like 'there' and 'their' but unlike the other two it is actually two words squished together.
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The word dinosaur means 'terrible lizard' in Greek.
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If you forget to write the apostrophe you change the word 'I'll' into 'Ill', which will completely change the meaning of your sentence.
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Your and you're have two different meanings but sound the same. You're means 'you are' and is two words squished together.
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An apostrophe has three uses, the omission of a letter is just one purpose!
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