This powerful KS2 grammar resources pack provides everything you need to teach a series of five lessons on apostrophes for possession, culminating in an extended writing task where children can use their grammatical understanding in context.
This primary resource pack includes:
- PowerPoint
With explanations, examples and activities to introduce this topic to your class
- PDF noun cards
These come in two sizes, A4 and smaller ones to cut out
- Apostrophes for possession challenge sheet
Circle the nouns in each sentence which are plural and add an apostrophe where it is needed; correct the punctuation in the sentences where necessary; rewrite the words listed in the possessive form, and place them in a complete sentence; and write a five-sentence story about the image provided, where one of your sentences must include a possessive apostrophe with a plural noun
- Uplevelling sheet
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting
- Writing plan
Includes an image and writing prompts to plan a short story
- Teacher’s notes
What is an apostrophe?
Apostrophes have two completely different uses:
- Apostrophes for contraction: Showing the place of missing letters (eg I’m for I am)
- Apostrophes for possession: Marking possessives (eg Hannah’s mother)
Possessive apostrophe rules
The apostrophe is placed after the plural form of the word; -s is not added if the plural already ends in -s, but is added if the plural does not end in -s (ie is an irregular plural – eg children’s)
Possessive apostrophe examples
Singular possessive apostrophe
- Megan’s book
- Ravi’s bag
- the girl’s hair
- the child’s toy
- the man’s smile
Plural possessive apostrophe
- girls’ school
- boys’ toilets
- babies’ clothes
- children’s games
- men’s ties
- mice’s tails
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Learning the possessive apostrophe (singular) [for example, the girl’s book]
Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals [for example, girls’, boys’] and in words with irregular plurals [for example, children’s]
Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns