Apostrophes for Contractions (Year 2)

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This powerpoint will teach children to use apostrophes to contract words. The slides run through some common examples before giving children a chance to contract words for themselves.

Key Stage: Key Stage 1
Subject: English
Topic: Apostrophes
Topic Group:Punctuation
Year(s): Year 2
Media Type: PowerPoint
Resource Type: PowerPoint
Last Updated: 22/09/2022
Resource Code: E1PAC9137
Curriculum Point(s): Learn how to use familiar and new punctuation correctly, including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular).Spell by learning to spell more words with contracted forms.

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