VC2E3LA12

understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and how apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession in regular and irregular nouns

• using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’, ‘will not’ becomes ‘won’t’ and ‘of the clock’ becomes ‘o’clock’
• using apostrophes to show singular possession, for example ‘my friend’s book’ and ‘the princess’s shoe’
• using apostrophes to show plural possession, for example ‘the bees’ hive’ and ‘the princesses’ shoes’
• using apostrophes to show plural possessions in irregular nouns, for example ‘the children’s shoes’ and ‘the mice’s cheese’