"       LESSON THREE: THE USE OF THE APOSTROPHE.","The apostrophe is used in TWO main ways:","        1. To indicate possession or something belonging to someone.","      [That is Tom's hat.]","        2. To indicate a missing letter. [It's late. =It IS late.]"
"Let's start with some practice on the apostrophe used to show","POSSESSION or belonging.","            That is Jane's doll.","","Who does the doll belong to?"
"THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE MAYOR.","","Type out this sentence changing it to use the apostrophe.","(Whose house is it?.....show as part of your answer.)",""
"That is my father's newspaper.","This is the newspaper of my _______?","","Fill in the missing word.",""
"That is William's notebook.","","Who is the owner of the notebook?","",""
"Peters wifes mother is very ill.","","How many apostrophes do you need in the sentence above?","        1/ 2/ 3/ 4?",""
"It is important to put the apostrophe in the right place. Changing","the position of the apostrophe can alter the meaning. For example:","     THE TEACHER'S BOOKS ARE IN THE BRIEFCASE.","","How many teachers are being referred to?    (ONE or SEVERAL?)"
"THE TEACHERS' BOOKS ARE IN THE BRIEFCASE.","","How many teachers are being referred to here?","","(ONE or SEVERAL?)"
"If you mean more than one person or thing, you must alter the position","of the apostrophe. If it comes BEFORE the 's' then it means only","ONE. If it comes AFTER the 's' then it means SEVERAL.","","      All the teachers' pupils are lazy.   (How many teachers?)"
"Some of the girls' coats were stolen from the cloakroom.","","How many girls are being referred to?","","             ONE or SEVERAL?"
"The horse's saddles are kept in the old barn.","","How many horses are referred to?","","           ONE or SEVERAL?"
"IF WE ARE TALKING OF ONE OWNER, DOES THE APOSTROPHE GO BEFORE OR","AFTER THE 'S'?","","",""
"The lions' paws had thorns in them.","","This refers to only ONE lion?","","            Yes or No?"
"Where are the childrens toys?","","Type out this sentence putting in the apostrophe in the correct place.","",""
"If you got that last one wrong, perhaps an explanation is needed.","","The word CHILDREN is already PLURAL. So the apostrophe is bound to ","go before the 's' . [You can't have a single 'CHILDREN'.]","      THE BABY'S RATTLE.     (How many babies, one or several?)"
"The pavement was blocked by the babies prams.","","       How many babies?","","        One or several?"
"The pavement was blocked by several babies prams.","","Type out this sentence with the apostrophe in the right place.","",""
"We had fish and chip's for lunch.","","Is this sentence correctly punctuated?","","             Yes/No"
"One common mistake is for people to put apostrophes where they are","not needed. In the previous sentence, WE HAD FISH AND CHIPS FOR LUNCH","the word CHIPS is simply a plural. There is no POSSESSION indicated.","There are no missing letters.","     So, an apostrophe is not needed. Be careful not to make this slip."
"Sometimes, words already ending in 's' cause confusion.","For example:           MR JONES'S CAT.","          Is this correct, or should it be : MR JONE'S CAT. ?","          or even:       MR JONES' CAT?","In fact, only one of these is wrong. MR JONE'S CAT."
"People's names ending in 's' can be written either:","          Mr Harris's school lunch.","OR        Mr Harris' school lunch.","Type out the following, putting in the apostrophe where needed.","     James coat was hanging in the hallway."
"If we write of something owned by more than one person in a family,","whose family name ends in 's', then we add -es to the family name","and put the apostrophe after the last 's'.","   A. All the Harrises' parties are excellent.","   B. Which is the Joneses' house?      ARE BOTH CORRECT (Yes/No?)"
"Put the apostrophe in this sentence:","","PUT THIS NOTE ON MR DAVISS DESK.","",""
"We also use the apostrophe to show what letters have been missed out","of words. For example:","           HE'S A CLEVER BOY.","","Which letter has been missed out in HE'S?"
"WE'VE JUST MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE.","","Which two letters have been missed out in WE'VE?","",""
"I'M = I AM    :  I'LL =I WILL  OR I SHALL:   I'D = I SHOULD OR I HAD","I'VE = I HAVE."," ","I'M GOING ON MY HOLIDAYS TOMORROW.",""
"I'M GOING ON MY HOLIDAYS.","","Which word has been shortened by the use of the apostrophe above?","",""
"YOU'RE GOING UP INTO A HIGHER CLASS.","","Write out YOU'RE in full.","",""
"When we put two words together and shorten them by using an ","apostrophe, we call this a CONTRACTION. ","In the sentence:  THEY'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL, the word THEY'LL is ","a contraction of they ____?","        (Type the word)"
"I HAVEN'T GOT ANY MONEY.","","HAVEN'T is a contraction of ____________________?","",""
"MARIE DOES'NT LOVE ME ANY MORE.","","Is the above sentence correctly punctuated.","         ","               YES/NO?"
"The previous sentence was correct but the apostrophe had been","written in the wrong place. YOU MUST ALWAYS PUT THE APOSTROPHE IN","THE PLACE OF THE MISSING LETTER.","Type out the following putting in the correct apostrophe:","       I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO MY HOMEWORK AS I HAVE BEEN ILL."
"WHAT IS THE CONTRACTION OF:","","            THEY WOULD?","",""
"WHAT IS THE CONTRACTION OF :","","             WE SHALL?","",""
"WHAT IS THE CONTRACTION OF:","","                 IT IS","",""
"     The cat had it's tail cut off by the lawnmower.","","","Is this correctly punctuated?          YES/NO",""
"The answer was no as ITS was not an abbreviation for IT IS.","","It DID show POSSESSION (something belonging to IT) but to avoid","confusion between IT IS and ITS meaning belonging to it, we only use","the apostrophe in the first case. Type out: ITS HOT TODAY."
"IT'S HOT TODAY.","You used the apostrophe as ITS was short for IT IS.","","That is the end of the apostrophe lesson. Press ENTER to continue.","F10 to quit program.                  F9 for the MAIN MENU."
