Common Core: 2nd Grade English Language Arts : Language

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Example Question #4 : Use An Apostrophe For Contractions And Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2.C

Select the answer choice that shows that the house belongs to Angie using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

That is Angie's house. 

The house is Angies. 

The house belongs to Angie.

The house's is Angies. 

Correct answer:

That is Angie's house. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #5 : Use An Apostrophe For Contractions And Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2.C

Select the answer choice that shows that the cookies belong to Charlie using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

The cookies belong to Charlie.

Those are Charlies cookies. 

The cookies belong to Charlies. 

Those are Charlie's cookies. 

Correct answer:

Those are Charlie's cookies. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #4 : Use An Apostrophe For Contractions And Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2.C

Select the answer choice that shows that the kitten belongs to Adley using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

Pepper's kitten is Melissa. 

Pepper is Adley's kitten.

Pepper is Melissa kitten. 

Melissas kitten is Pepper. 

Correct answer:

Pepper is Adley's kitten.

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #6 : Use An Apostrophe For Contractions And Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2.C

Select the answer choice that shows that the ball belongs to Jesse using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

That ball belongs to Jesse. 

That is Jeses ball. 

That is Jesse's ball. 

The ball is Jeses. 

Correct answer:

That is Jesse's ball. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #5 : Form And Use Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.3.2.D

Select the answer choice that shows that the candy belongs to my grandpa using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

The candy belong's to my grandpa. 

That is my grandpa's candy. 

The candy belongs to my grandpa. 

The candy is my grandpas. 

Correct answer:

That is my grandpa's candy. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #1 : Form And Use Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.3.2.D

Select the answer choice that shows that the bird belongs to Dan using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

Tweetie is Dan's bird. 

Tweetie, the bird, belongs to Dan. 

The bird's is Dans. 

Dans bird is Tweetie's.

Correct answer:

Tweetie is Dan's bird. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #2 : Form And Use Possessives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.3.2.D

Select the answer choice that shows that the bike belongs to Joe using a possessive noun. 

Possible Answers:

The bike's is Joe's. 

That is Joe's bike. 

The bike is Joes. 

That is Joes bike. 

Correct answer:

That is Joe's bike. 

Explanation:

A possessive noun shows who or what owns somethings. To make a noun possessive, we add an apostrophe and an s ('s). 

Example Question #3 : Use Conventional Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.3.2.E

Select the word that is spelled correctly. 

Possible Answers:

sharck 

over

iyes 

darck  

Correct answer:

over

Explanation:

The word that is spelled correctly is "over". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:

iyes  eyes  

sharck  shark  

darck  dark 

Example Question #31 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2

Select the word that is spelled correctly.

Possible Answers:

contry 

mosion 

change 

ocan 

Correct answer:

change 

Explanation:

The word that is spelled correctly is "change". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:

contry  country  

ocan  ocean  

mosion  motion  

Example Question #3 : Spelling Patterns: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.2.2.D

Select the word that is spelled correctly

Possible Answers:

spread

spride 

spided 

Correct answer:

spread

Explanation:

The word that is spelled correctly is "spread". 

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