Description

This Apostrophes – Possession & Contractions PowerPoint is a complete grammar lesson designed to help pupils understand and confidently use apostrophes correctly.

The lesson clearly explains:

• What an apostrophe is
• Apostrophes for singular possession (girl’s book)
• Apostrophes for plural possession (girls’ books)
• Irregular plurals (children’s, men’s, women’s)
• Apostrophes in contractions (don’t, can’t, we’re, it’s)
• The difference between it’s and its
• Common apostrophe mistakes
• Why apostrophes are NOT used for simple plurals

The presentation includes step-by-step explanations, examples, correction activities, guided practice, answer slides, independent tasks and a plenary assessment.

This is ideal for whole-class teaching, SPaG sessions, grammar revision, intervention groups or booster lessons.

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🟢 What’s Included

• Fully structured PowerPoint lesson
• Learning intentions slide
• Clear rule explanations
• Singular and plural possession examples
• Contraction explanations
• It’s vs its clarification
• Common mistake correction slides
• Guided practice activity
• Answer slides
• Independent writing task
• Extension paragraph challenge
• Plenary recap and review slide

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🟢 Learning Objectives

Children will learn to:

• Understand what an apostrophe is
• Use apostrophes to show possession
• Use apostrophes in contractions
• Recognise irregular plural possession
• Avoid common apostrophe mistakes
• Apply apostrophes accurately in sentences

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🟢 Suitable For

Lower KS2 (Year 3 & Year 4)
Upper KS2 revision
SPaG lessons
Grammar intervention
Booster sessions
Home learning

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