Learn how apostrophes show missing letters (can't, I'll) and belonging (the girl's book) by squashing words, returning lost things and fixing postcards.
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Apostrophes: Missing Letters and Belonging is an interactive game that teaches children aged 6–8 how apostrophes work, following the Year 2 English curriculum in England. Posy, a friendly talking apostrophe, guides players around a colourful town, and every instruction is read aloud.
Children learn the two jobs of an apostrophe. In a contraction, two words are squashed together and the apostrophe marks the missing letters, so do not becomes don't. In possession, apostrophe s ('s) shows that something belongs to one person or thing, as in the dog's bone.
Along the way, players learn to spot a common trap: a plural such as apples just means more than one, so it has no apostrophe. Gentle hints explain each mistake, and a final quiz checks everything they have learned.
An apostrophe is a small raised punctuation mark (') with two main jobs. It shows where letters have been left out in a contraction, such as don't for do not, and it shows that something belongs to someone, such as the girl's book.
The apostrophe goes exactly where the missing letters were, not in the space between the two words. In didn't, the o from not has dropped out, so the apostrophe sits between the n and the t.
Use 's when something belongs to one person or thing: the dog's bone means the bone belongs to the dog. Plural words like dogs or apples don't take an apostrophe, because nothing is being owned.
It is designed for children aged 6 to 7 in Year 2, matching the national curriculum in England, and also works well as revision for Year 3. Every line is read aloud, so early readers can play on their own.
The game has four chapters and a ten-question champion quiz, taking about 35 minutes in total. Children squash words, spell with letter tiles, type on a keyboard, sort parcels and fix sentences, and each chapter can be played on its own.
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