LearnFun Comics#3
The Stolen Apostrophe
Every sign in the land has gone wrong. Who took the tiny flying commas?
Starring Momo
Apostrophes · Class 3 and up
Apostrophes · Class 3 and up
The Stolen Apostrophe: Apostrophes comic
Word Kingdom
Queen Quibble: I took every apostrophe in the land. Tiny flying commas!
DONT STOP
THE QUEENS CAT
Momo: The signs look wrong! Let's learn what they do.
Job 1: letters went missing
do not → don't
it is → it's
we are → we're
Momo: The apostrophe sits exactly where the letters dropped out.
Job 2: something belongs
the hat of Momo → Momo's hat
the cat of the queen → the queen's cat
Two queens? Plural ending in s? Just add the mark.
the queens' cats
Your turn, hero!
Queen Quibble♥♥♥
Which sign is right?
Don't feed the dragon. The o of not dropped out, so the apostrophe goes right there: don't.
Queen Quibble: Then write this: the dragon wagged it's tail. Ha!
Momo: Say it is out loud. Wagged it is tail? Wrong!
it's = it is
its = belonging to it
She tries again
Queen Quibble♥♥♥
Fill the gap: “Take an umbrella. ___ raining again.”
It's. It is raining again, so the short form is It's.
The final battle
Queen Quibble♥♥♥
Two dogs are wagging. Which is right?
the dogs' tails. Many dogs, so the plural ends in s. The tails belong to them, so just add the mark: dogs'.
Queen Quibble: My apostrophes! They're flying home!
DON'T STOP
THE QUEEN'S CAT
Momo: Every sign is right again!
The End?
Villain card won! Answer again in a few days and it turns gold.
Remember
- Job 1: it marks where letters dropped out.
- Job 2: it shows something belongs to someone.
- it's means it is. its means belonging to it.
Far away in the Number Mines, somebody has started stealing the percent signs...
A comic book about apostrophes. Learn their two jobs, settle its and it's for good and win them back from Queen Quibble.