Apostrophes and speech punctuation (Edexcel GCSE English Language): Flashcards

Two words combined & shortened by removing letters

Shows where missing letters would have been

'let's' (apostrophe replaces 'u')

'you're' (apostrophe replaces 'a')

'we'll' (apostrophe replaces 'wi')

Show ownership or belonging

Add apostrophe followed by 's'

Both 'Miles'' and 'Miles's' are correct

Add apostrophe after the 's' (e.g. boys' mothers)

Separate spoken words from rest of text

Always begin spoken words with capital letter

Inside speech marks before closing

After spoken words, inside marks, then lowercase

Before closing speech mark, not after