2.9.1
Using Apostrophes with Regular Plurals
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Recap: Regular Plurals
When there is more than one of a noun, the noun becomes a plural. We make regular plurals by adding 's' or 'es' to the end of singular nouns. Let's look at a few examples of regular plurals...
Using Apostrophes with Regular Plural Nouns
We sometimes need to show possession in a sentence, which is when something belongs to someone or something. We do this using an apostrophe ('). Let's walk through an example of how you add an apostrophe to a regular plural noun...
1) Make a sentence using possession
- The birds cage was very small.
- 'Birds' is a regular plural. The plural form 'birds' is the singular 'bird' + 's'.
- There is possession in the sentence because the cage belongs to the birds.
2) Put an apostrophe after the 's'
- The birds' cage was very small.
1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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