Modifiers, plurals and possessives

Learning objectives

Place a modifying phrase beside the word it describes, and repair a dangling modifier by making the noun it describes the subject of the main clause

Distinguish plural nouns (the students), singular possessives (the student's) and plural possessives (the students') and choose the form the sentence needs

Choose the possessive determiners its, their, whose and your rather than the contractions it's, they're, who's and you're, and the contraction when a contraction is meant

Decide between sound-alike forms such as there / their / they're from the grammatical role the word plays in the sentence

Check that a noun's number is consistent with the other nouns and pronouns that refer to the same people or things