CARMEL PRIMARY SCHOOL

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TOPIC: APOSTROPHE
CLASS: II [A,B,C] 3rd Term

Instructions:
1. Do the following exercises [A,B and C] in your Third Term English
Language Exercise Book (English Language Copy).
2. Mention class-work/home-work and write the date and the name of
the topic on top.
3. Draw ending line after completing each exercise.
4. Do your work neatly.

KEEP MIND: ➢ We use an apostrophe + s (’s) to show to

whom a thing belongs.
• Varun has a yellow car.
This sentence indicates that the yellow
car belongs to Varun. So by using
apostrophe + s we can write it as:
Varun’s car is yellow.

➢ Sometimes we join two words using an

apostrophe to make short forms. We omit
one or more letters and use an apostrophe
in their place.
• I am ~ I’m
• They are ~ They’re
• She had ~ She’d
• I will ~ I’ll etc.
Class-work:

A. Rewrite the following phrases using apostrophe ('s): (write in your

English Language Copy.)

1. doll of a girl
Ans:- girl’s doll.

2. belt belonging to a man

Ans:- man’s belt.

3. toys belonging to Ria

Ans:- Ria’s toys.

4. the house of Rahul

Ans:- Rahul’s house.

5. feathers of the owl

Ans:- Owl’s feathers.

6. the power of the king

Ans:- King’s power.

7. the knife of the cook

Ans:- cook’s knife.

8. the books by the author

Ans:- Author’s books.

9. the house of my uncle

Ans:- my uncle’s house

10. the spectacles of the doctor

Ans:- doctor’s spectacles.
B. Rewrite the following sentences using the short forms of the
underlined words: (write in your English Language Copy.)

1. They are playing with a ball.

Ans:- They’re playing with a ball.

2. I am planning to write a book someday.

Ans:- I’m planning to write a book someday.

3. You are going to have a lot of fun with your new puppy.
Ans:- You’re going to have a lot of fun with your new puppy.

4. I cannot believe it is snowing again.

Ans:- I can’t believe it’s snowing again.

5. She is always on time.

Ans:- She’s always on time.

6. I do not like to play cricket.

Ans:- I don’t like to play cricket.

7. Let us start saving more money each month.

Ans:- Let’s start saving more money each month.

8. He would like to go fishing someday.

Ans:- He’d like to go fishing someday.

9. Who is there?
Ans: Who’s there?

10. They were not hungry, because they had already eaten.
Ans:- They weren’t hungry, because they’d already eaten.

Home-work:

C. Re-write the sentences by using apostrophe where needed: (write in

your English Language Copy.)

1. Whos the partys candidate for vice president this year?

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2. The fox had its right foreleg caught securely in the traps jaws.
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3. Our neighbors car is an old Chrysler, and I told him the other day that
its just about to fall apart.
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4. In three weeks time well have to begin school again.
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5. Didnt you hear that theyre leaving tomorrow?
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6. Whenever I think of the stories I read as a child, I remember
Cinderellas glass slipper and Snow Whites wicked stepmother.
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7. We claimed the picnic table was ours, but the Jones children looked so
disappointed that we found another spot.
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8. Its important that the kitten learns to find its way home.
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9. She did not hear her childrens cries.
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10. My address has three 7s, and Tims phone number has four 2s.
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11. Didnt he say when he would arrive at Arnies house?
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12. Its such a beautiful day that Ive decided to take a sun bath.
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13. She said the watch Jack found was hers, but she couldnt identify the
manufacturers name on it.
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14. Little girls clothing is on the first floor, and the mens department is on
the second.
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15. The dogs bark was far worse than its bite.
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16. The moons rays shone feebly on the path, and I heard a lone crickets
chirpings and whistlings.
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17. Theyre not afraid to go ahead with the plans, though the choice is not
theirs.
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18. The man whose face was tan said that he had spent his two weeks
vacation in the mountains.
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19. I found myself constantly putting two cs in the word process.
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20. Johns 69 Ford is his proudest possession.
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Holiday Home-work:

▪ Make a chart on ‘Punctuation’.

▪ Write an essay on ‘Diwali’ in your English Language Copy. Mention the

name of the topic, date and h.h.w on top.