Apostrophe Placement in Time Expressions Game
Apostrophe Placement in Time Expressions ("Tetris" Game)
Here is an interactive game to help you learn about apostrophe-placement in time expressions (e.g., "two days' notice"). To keep you on your toes, you will occasionally see a question not related to a time expression (e.g., "the baker's shop").- Each falling question has a correct apostrophe and a wrong one.
- Click on the correct one to score points and to make the question disappear.
- If you click on the wrong one (or do not click), the question will fall to the bottom.
- The wrongly answered or unanswered questions will start to build up.
- When the screen is full, you're toast.
- (The harder the level, the more points you score per correct answer.)
- Good luck!
More Tests on Apostrophes
Here are five more tests related to apostrophe placement:- (1) Apostrophe Exercise (General Use). This apostrophe exercise contains 28 dual-choice questions on general apostrophe use.
- (2) Apostrophe Exercise (General Use). This apostrophe exercise contains 18 multiple-choice questions on the general use of apostrophes.
- (3) Apostrophe Exercise (Possession). This apostrophe exercise contains 18 multiple-choice questions on apostrophes for possession.
- (4) Possessive Case Exercise. This exercise contains 18 multiple-choice questions on the possessive case in general, covering apostrophes for possession.
- (5) Apostrophe Exercise (Temporal Expressions). This apostrophe exercise contains 20 multiple-choice questions on the use of apostrophes in temporal expressions (e.g., a day's pay, two years' insurance).
This page was written by Craig Shrives.
