--- title: Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… # Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging The 15 questions of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t1/) — Your mate says "apostrophes just mean there's an s coming, innit." What is wrong with that? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t2/) — ★★★ "The girl's dogs' bowls." How many girls and how many dogs? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t3/) — In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home." What should it say? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t4/) — A lad in Cork says "Whose round is it, yer man's?" ("Yer man" means that fella there.) Why "whose", not "who's"? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t5/) — What would happen if you wrote "We were here" as "We're here"? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t6/) — Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right." Why is Dad right? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t7/) — ★★★ How many apostrophes are needed in "Its the mens football match and its kick-off is at six oclock"? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t8/) — Aussie kid: "Me mates footy boots are heaps muddy." ("Footy" is football, "heaps" means very.) One mate. Where is the apostrophe in standard writing? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t9/) — Which shows the toys belong to the women? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t10/) — Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire." ("Bussin'" and "fire" both mean really good.) What should "its" be? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t11/) — ★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables". In which do the stables belong to more than one horse? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/e1/) — Identify the correctly punctuated form denoting the toys belonging to a group of children. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the apostrophe in "can't"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/e3/) — Select the sentence consistent with the established rules concerning "its" and "it's". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/e4/) — Ascertain the correct form signifying that a bone is in the possession of a single dog. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [33. Commas: lists, clauses and clarity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/) - next →: [35. Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)