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Hey, What’s a Possessive Pronoun? Duh, What’s a Contraction? Note: What’s = What is At slide 12 …Drilling Their vs. They’re

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Page 1: Hey, What’s a Possessive Pronoun? Duh, What’s a Contraction? Note: What’s = What is At slide 12 …Drilling Their vs. They’re

Hey, What’s a Possessive Pronoun?

Duh, What’s a Contraction?

Note: What’s = What is

At slide 12 …Drilling Their vs. They’re

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Hey, What’s a Possessive Pronoun?Duh, What’s a Contraction?

At slide 12: Drills Their vs. They’re

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Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Examples: My, his, her

• That is my book.• This is his book. • That is her book.

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Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Examples: My, his, her• That is my book.• This is his book. • That is her book.

• Note these word indicate ownership by definition… they do not employ an apostrophe!

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Imagine the following… the top work , the bottom ones don’t!

• We would say …• That is John’s book• That is Mr. Smith’s book

• But we’d look incredible stupid saying…• That is my’s book.• This is his’s book. • That is her’s book.

• Note these word indicate ownership by definition… they do not employ an apostrophe!

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So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Examples: My, his, her

• That is my book. I own• That is his book. He owns• That is her book. She owns

•But the List goes on…

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So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Examples beside : My, his, herYour, Their, Its, Whose

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So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Examples beside : My, his, herYour, Their, Its, Whose

• That is your book. You own• This is their book. They own

• That is its bowl. It owns (the dog’s)• Whose bowl is it? Who owns

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So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership.

• Your • Their • Its •Whose

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Possessive Pronouns are not to be confused with their sound-alike counterparts… the Contraction!

• Your You’re = You are• Their They’re = They are• Its It’s = It is•Whose Who’s = Who is

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A Contraction always uses an Apostrophe

• That is your book. You own Possessive Pronoun You’re a fine fellow. = You are Contraction

• This is their book. They own Possessive Pronoun They’re good boys. = They are Contraction

• That is its bowl. It owns Possessive Pronoun • It’s a miracle = it is Contraction

• Whose bowl is it? Who owns Possessive Pronoun • Who’s asleep? = Who is Contraction

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TIME TO DRILL, BABY,

DRILL

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Their or They’re

• If ___ questions are too hard, don’t just make up any old answer. Admit your lack of knowledge.

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Their or They’re

• If ___ questions are too hard, don’t just make up any old answer. Admit your lack of knowledge.

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Their or They’re

• How are ___ pizza pies? I hear they make the best in town.

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Their or They’re

• How are ___ pizza pies? I hear they make the best in town.

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Their or They’re

• If ___ the best pizzas, then I’ll always get my pies there.

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Their or They’re

• If ___ the best pizzas, then I’ll always get my pies there.

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Their or They’re

• Watch your agreement! When you use “students” you must say “___ skills.”

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Their or They’re

• Watch your agreement! When you use “students” you must say “___ skills.”

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Their or They’re

• Why is it that ____ coming in late and no one is fussing to the principal?

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Their or They’re

• Why is it that ____ coming in late and no one is fussing to the principal?

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Their or They’re

• If they did ______ homework, they’ll do well on the test.

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Their or They’re

• If they did ______ homework, they’ll do well on the test.

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Their or They’re

• He went to her house, ______ studying together for the mid term there.

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Their or They’re

• He went to her house, ______ studying together for the mid term there.

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Their or They’re

• The television there distracted from _____ study time on the English Mid Term.

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Their or They’re

• The television there distracted from _____ study time on the English Mid Term.

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Their or They’re

• ______ going to do well on the quiz, since they did all the drills.

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Their or They’re

• ______ going to do well on the quiz, since they did all the drills.

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Their or They’re

• They said that instead of doing their homework, _______ cheating by copying someone else’s.

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Their or They’re

• They said that instead of doing their homework, _______ cheating by copying someone else’s.

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The End.