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English / Year 3 / Language / Language for expressing and developing ideas
Curriculum content descriptions
understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession (AC9E3LA11)
Elaborations
- using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, “do not” – “dont”, “will not” – “won’t” and “o’clock – of the 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”
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Punctuation