UNIT 5 GRAMMAR

Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns can show who or what owns, or possesses, something. Singular possessive pronouns my/mine your/yours her/hers his its

Jen and I both have sleds. Her sled is bright orange. Mine is dark blue. Plural possessive pronouns our/ours your/yours their/theirs

My boots are heavy. Their soles are thick. Are these boots yours?

A Write the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

1. The wind lashed the explorers with its huge gusts. 2. Their hands and feet were frozen. 3. Yours would have been too! Read the paragraph. Write all the possessive pronouns. 4. My favorite movie characters are brave girls. 5. Are yours heroines too? 6. Their courage is amazing! 7. Lets share our favorite movie characters. 8. Takia says hers is a character named Matilda. 9. Mine is Heidi. 10. Ours are both brave girls who looked trouble right in the face.

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B Write the possessive pronoun in ( ) that could replace the

underlined words. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. I admire the womens courage. (his, their) Your fear is bugs, but my fear is lightning. (mine, its) Lisa wrote a story about Johns adventure. (his, ours) These tickets are for Sams and my trip. (mine, our) Is this map the map you own? (its, yours) The suitcase is heavy for the suitcases size. (ours, its)

Write the possessive pronoun that takes the place of each underlined word or words. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Gram was sick so we did Grams chores. Tims and my next job was to dust all the bookshelves. The houses floors were tracked with mud. The hardest task was Grampss. Gramps had to milk Grams and Grampss cows. The milking stool wobbled on the milking stools legs. Tim and I were glad that the milking job was not Tims and my job!

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Review and Assess

Write the possessive pronouns in each sentence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. My family lives in the mountains. Our area gets tons of snow. Lauras house is next to mine. Laura brings her sled to my yard. Ours has a steep hill for sledding.

Write the letter of the possessive pronoun that best completes each sentence. 6. I bring _____ crafts project to school. A mine B yours C my D hers

7. The teacher told us all to remember _____ materials. A hers B ours C mine D our

8. My parents could use a tablecloth for _____ table. A their B her C theirs D mine

9. _____ will be a pretty one with red and white checks. A My B Theirs C Its D Our

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