Year 4 · SPaG · Apostrophes
Year 4 apostrophes together worksheet and PowerPoint
To practise together: recognising apostrophes; apostrophes for plural possession; when not to use an apostrophe; possession or contraction.
What this sheet covers
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Recognising apostrophes | Telling an apostrophe for missing letters from one for belonging. |
|---|---|
| Apostrophes for plural possession | Where the apostrophe goes when more than one person owns something. |
| When not to use an apostrophe | Plurals, its and it’s, and words such as theirs and ours that never take an apostrophe. |
| Possession or contraction | Choosing between an apostrophe for missing letters and one for possession. |
Key words
- apostrophe
- a mark ’ that shows missing letters or belonging
- contraction
- two words joined into one with letters missing
- possession
- when something belongs to someone
- plural
- more than one
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Choose the lesson from this sheet that you found hardest. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the apostrophes together PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 13 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Apostrophes”.
Other lessons in this block
- Recognising apostrophes
- Apostrophes for plural possession
- When not to use an apostrophe
- Possession or contraction
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