Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
I ______ know the answer.Choices: dont / don’t / do’nt
- The word is do not pushed together.
- The apostrophe goes where the letter was left out: the o of not, between n and t.
Answer: I don’t know the answer.
Example 2
We sell fresh ______.Choices: bagel’s / bagels / bagels’
- Is anything belonging to the bagels, or are letters left out? No. It is just more than one bagel.
- An apostrophe does not make a word plural. Just add s.
Answer: We sell fresh bagels.
Where this is taught: Punctuation: Start Here, Part 3: Apostrophes
More practice: Quiz 45, Apostrophes · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 9, Lesson 3, “Possessives and Contractions”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the word or words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.