Apostrophe | Apostrophe Rules | Use of Apostrophe

Apostrophe is one of the Punctuation marks and Apostrophe can be used for two purposes. In this lesson, you will learn all about apostrophe, its rules and examples.

Apostrophe

It is one of the punctuation marks which can be used for two purposes

• To show possessiveness
• To contract the words

Use of apostrophe to show possessiveness

Whenever we want to show the possession or we want to show a relation between two things or a person and a thing etc.

Khalid’s book	خالد کی کتاب	Ahmed’s pen	احمد کا قلم
Book of khalid	خالد کی کتاب	Pen of ahmed	احمد کا قلم

There are two ways to use apostrophe and both are correct. We may use any of these while writing

• Khalid’s book
• Book of Khalid

When we have a singular noun, then “S” will be put after the apostrophe

• Usama’s wife
• Ahmed’s car

When we have a plural noun, then “S” will be put before the apostrophe

• Boys’ books
• Girls’ dress

If there are already two “S” in the end of a singular noun, we will simply put the apostrophe after two S

• Class’ table
• Carcass’ smell

Use of apostrophe to make contractions

Apostrophe can also be used to shorten or contract the words. You can learn easily from the examples given below.

are not	Turns into	aren’t
can not	Turns into	can’t
could not	Turns into	couldn’t
did not	Turns into	didn’t
do not	Turns into	don’t
does not	Turns into	doesn’t
he has	Turns into	he’s
he is	Turns into	he’s
i am	Turns into	I’m
I would	Turns into	I’d
is not	Turns into	isn’t
it has	Turns into	it’s
it is	Turns into	it’s
let us	Turns into	let’s
must not	Turns into	mustn’t
shall not	Turns into	shan’t
she has	Turns into	she’s
she is	Turns into	she’s
should not	Turns into	shouldn’t
they are	Turns into	they’re
was not	Turns into	wasn’t
we are	Turns into	we’re
were not	Turns into	weren’t
will not	Turns into	won’t.
would not	Turns into	wouldn’t
you are	Turns into	you’re