FB2020b Lesson 3 - Puncutation

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Lesson 3+4 FB2020b

Spelling & Punctuation

Where do we use an Apostrophe (') for?
Can you give examples?

Apostrophe - Possessive

The boy's coat -> The coat of the boy

The dog's tail -> The tail of the dog

Tess' laptop -> The laptop belongs to Tess

Apostrophe - Abbreviation

cannot -> can't

do not -> don't

are not -> aren't

they had -> they'd

she will -> she'll

Where do we use an Hyphen (-) for?
Can you give examples?

Hyphen - Bijvoegelijk Nmw. 

an up-to-date website

a last-minute report

a twelve-year-old boy

BUT

The website is up to date

He made the deadline rather last minute

Hyphen - Expressions

mother-in-law

great-grandfather

Numbers between 21-99

twenty-one

forty-six

eighty-seven

Which of these is spelled correctly?

1. My brothers' dog
2. My brother's dog
3. My brothers dog
4. My brother' dog

Write out: 234

Rewrite the following sentence:
for twenty four years ive worked in retail

If I want to say something belongs to you, which do I use?

1. your
2. you're