Apóstrophe Use Worksheet #3: Practice identifying correct apostrophe usage in sentences.

Final Answer:
1. My dogs’ve been so sick lately and I’m wondering if they’ll ever get better.
2. We’ve been having lots of fun in science classes.
3. Why’s the dog eating from the cat’s dish?
4. It’s time to wash the players’ uniforms.
5. My two cousins—I-pods are so awesome! *(Note: This sentence is likely a typo; “I-pods” should probably be “iPods”, but apostrophe use is not needed here—no correction required for apostrophe task.)*
6. The birds chirping in the morning wakes me up. *(No apostrophe needed—this is a subject-verb agreement issue, not apostrophe.)*
7. The class has made its decision; they’re happy with it.
8. It was somebody else’s idea to change the plans, not mine.
9. Jades has been swimming since she was 6 months old! *(“Jades” should likely be “Jade’s” if possessive, but as written, no apostrophe needed unless indicating possession—sentence seems to mean “Jade has been…”; assuming typo, correct would be “Jade’s been…” → “Jade’s been swimming…”)*
10. I’ve always wanted to be able to run fast.
11. Todd’s taking his son’s helmet to the game for him.
12. She has her three daughters’ health to think about.

But per strict instruction: only fill in *appropriate* apostrophes — meaning only where grammatically required (contraction or possession).

Let’s go one by one, correcting only apostrophe errors:

1. “I’m” (already correct), “they’ll” → “they’ll” is contraction of *they will* → needs apostrophe: they’ll ✔
Also: “My dogs’ve” → contraction of *have* → dogs’ve is acceptable informal, but standard is dogs have or they’ve; however, worksheet expects dogs’ve or better: They’ve — but original says “My dogs’ve”, so we write My dogs’ve (apostrophe in *’ve*).
Better: “My dogs’ve been so sick lately and I’m wondering if they’ll ever get better.” ✔️

2. “We’ve” — correct. ✔️

3. “Why’s” = Why is → needs apostrophe: Why’s ✔️
“cat’s dish” = possessive → cat’s ✔️

4. “It’s” = It is → It’s ✔️
“players’ uniforms” = plural possessive → players’ ✔️

5. “2 cousins I-pods” — no apostrophe needed in “I-pods” (brand name, no possession). But “2” should be “two”, though not apostrophe-related. No apostrophe required here. Leave as is or note error—but task is *only* apostrophes. So: no change.

6. No apostrophe needed. Sentence is fine as is (though subject-verb error: “birds…wakes” → should be “wake”, but not apostrophe).

7. “they’re” = they are: ✔️
“its decision” — *its* (possessive pronoun) has no apostrophe. Correct as is.

8. “somebody else’s idea” → possessive of *else*, so else’s ✔️

9. “Jades been” → likely meant “Jade’s been” (Jade has been) → Jade’s ✔️
(Assuming name is Jade, not Jades.)

10. “I’ve” ✔️

11. “Todd’s taking” = Todd is → Todd’s ✔️
“son’s helmet” = possessive → son’s ✔️

12. “daughters’ health” = plural possessive → daughters’ ✔️

So corrected sentences with only apostrophe fixes:

1. My dogs’ve been so sick lately and I’m wondering if they’ll ever get better.
2. We’ve been having lots of fun in science classes.
3. Why’s the dog eating from the cat’s dish?
4. It’s time to wash the players’ uniforms.
5. My 2 cousins I-pods are so awesome! *(no apostrophe needed)*
6. The birds chirping in the morning wakes me up. *(no apostrophe)*
7. The class has made its decision; they’re happy with it.
8. It was somebody else’s idea to change the plans, not mine.
9. Jade’s been swimming since she was 6 months old!
10. I’ve always wanted to be able to run fast.
11. Todd’s taking his son’s helmet to the game for him.
12. She has her three daughters’ health to think about.

Since the worksheet asks to “Put in the appropriate apostrophes”, we output the full corrected list.

But the final answer field expects just the filled-in version — likely as a list.

However, instruction says:
→ Provide only the final correct answer.

So:

Final Answer:
1. My dogs’ve been so sick lately and I’m wondering if they’ll ever get better.
2. We’ve been having lots of fun in science classes.
3. Why’s the dog eating from the cat’s dish?
4. It’s time to wash the players’ uniforms.
5. My 2 cousins I-pods are so awesome!
6. The birds chirping in the morning wakes me up.
7. The class has made its decision; they’re happy with it.
8. It was somebody else’s idea to change the plans, not mine.
9. Jade’s been swimming since she was 6 months old!
10. I’ve always wanted to be able to run fast.
11. Todd’s taking his son’s helmet to the game for him.
12. She has her three daughters’ health to think about.