Apostrophe Placement Game

Apostrophe Placement ("Tetris" Game)

Here is an interactive game to help you learn the apostrophe-placement rules.
  • Each falling question has a correct possessive 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!
Tip: If the game is playing slowly, you can use the controls below to remove the background text and image to speed up the game.
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A Video Summary

Here is a short video summarizing how to use the possessive apostrophe.

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See Also

Using apostrophes Apostrophes for possession Apostrophe placement rules Apostrophe after s Apostrophe after z Apostrophe before s Apostrophes for awkward plurals Apostrophes after acronyms and abbreviations Apostrophes in contractions Apostrophes in expressions like 2 years' pay and a day's notice Apostrophes used incorrectly for plurals Apostrophe exercises Apostrophes in names Apostrophe misuse Apostrophes in contractions Using brackets parentheses Using colons Using commas Using dashes Using hyphens Using quotation marks Using semicolons "Apostrophes in time expressions" game (Tetris-style game)