The Stolen Apostrophe: Apostrophes comic video

0:00 LearnFun Comics. The Stolen Apostrophe. Every sign in the land has gone wrong. Who took the tiny flying commas?

0:08 Word Kingdom

0:10 I took every apostrophe in the land. Tiny flying commas!

0:14 DONT STOP. THE QUEENS CAT

0:17 The signs look wrong! Let's learn what they do.

0:20 Job 1: letters went missing

0:23 do not , becomes, don't. it is , becomes, it's. we are , becomes, we're

0:28 The apostrophe sits exactly where the letters dropped out.

0:31 Job 2: something belongs

0:34 the hat of Momo , becomes, Momo's hat. the cat of the queen , becomes, the queen's cat

0:40 Two queens? Plural ending in s? Just add the mark.

0:44 the queens' cats

0:46 Your turn, hero! Which sign is right? A: Dont feed the dragon. B: Do'nt feed the dragon. C: Don't feed the dragon. D: Dont' feed the dragon

0:59 The answer is Don't feed the dragon. The o of not dropped out, so the apostrophe goes right there: don't.

1:06 Then write this: the dragon wagged it's tail. Ha!

1:10 Say it is out loud. Wagged it is tail? Wrong!

1:13 it's = it is. its = belonging to it

1:17 She tries again Fill the gap: Take an umbrella., blank, raining again. A: Its. B: It's. C: Its'. D: Itis'

1:29 The answer is It's. It is raining again, so the short form is It's.

1:33 The final battle Two dogs are wagging. Which is right? A: the dog's tails. B: the dogs tails. C: the dogs' tails. D: the dogs's tails

1:48 The answer is the dogs' tails. Many dogs, so the plural ends in s. The tails belong to them, so just add the mark: dogs'.

1:55 My apostrophes! They're flying home!

1:58 DON'T STOP. THE QUEEN'S CAT

2:01 Every sign is right again!

2:03 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.

2:13 Far away in the Number Mines, somebody has started stealing the percent signs...

2:18 Read this comic and answer the questions yourself, at learn fun dot in.