G1 Possessive Pronouns
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are personal pronouns to show ownership or realtionship.
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The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his, our, and their come BEFORE nouns. The possessive pronouns mine, ours, yours, his, hers, and theirs can stand alone in a sentence.
My tennis serve is powerful but not very accurate.
My teammate's legs are stiff and sore from running, but mine feel fine.
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Some possessive pronouns sound like contractions (its/it's, your/you're, their/they're). Don't confuse these pairs. Remember that possessive pronouns never use an apostrophe. Contractions always use an apostrophe.
Contraction You're never going to hit his fastball.
Possessive Your fastball is hard to hit, but his is impossible.
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Multiple Select
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
The athletes at our school should be proud of their performances this year.
athletes
our
their
year
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Multiple Choice
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
Her backstroke is improving, and she really excels in the butterfly.
Her
she
excels
butterfly
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Multiple Choice
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
They had to win this game so their team could go to the state championships.
They
this
their
state
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Multiple Choice
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
Cross-country was our school's best athletic event.
Cross-country
was
our
best
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Multiple Choice
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
When he hit the golf ball, he could see its flight was heading straight to the hole.
he
its
heading
straight
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Multiple Choice
Identify all the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
They had worked hard to earn the trophy, and now the glory was theirs.
They
trophy
glory
theirs
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(Their, they're) dedication to the game could be seen in how well they played.
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Even the judges were amazed at (her, hers) performance in the gymnastics competition.
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Public speaking was not (his, its) best talent, but he did well on the debate team.
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John's track meet last year was a disaster. (Your, Yours) turned out much better.
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The basketball team had a tough year, but (its, it's) hopes are high for next year.
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Those cheerleaders are gymnasts too. (Your, You're) cheerleaders could learn some routines from them.
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When (they're, their) scores were posted, the athletes cheered.
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