A Year 2 sheet in which every contraction has been written wrongly. Page 1 lists ten of them, such as do'nt, cant, wer'e and shes, and pupils write each one correctly in a box. One of the ten, its, is marked as meaning it is. Page 2 has three sentences to fix and a question asking why the apostrophe in didn't sits between the n and the t. The key on page 3 gives a model answer to that question. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 2 punctuation.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)”
Page 1 asks for ten contractions with the apostrophe in the right place, and question 4 asks pupils to explain what the apostrophe in didn't stands for.
Ten wrongly written words to correct: do'nt, cant, is'nt, wer'e, did'nt, its (meaning it is), shes, wont, I'l and could'nt. Each one has its own box.
Three sentences with one contraction written wrongly, about a maths lesson, a red jumper and a football in the shed. Pupils write each whole sentence out again correctly.
Question 4 asks why the apostrophe in didn't goes between the n and the t. A picture shows the words did and not with the missing o above them.
The ten corrected words, the three corrected sentences and a model explanation that the apostrophe takes the place of the o in not.
Error hunt
Write do'nt on the board and ask which letter is missing and where it used to be. Then pupils work through page 1 on their own.
Stop at item 6
Its and it's sound the same. Ask pupils how they know the word on the sheet needs an apostrophe, and what it stands for.
Quick marking
Use question 4 as a check. A good answer says the apostrophe takes the place of the o in not.
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