Grammar Unit 5 Week 4

Grammar Unit 5 Week 4

A Possessive pronoun takes the place of a possessive noun. It shows who or what owns something.

• This is Jack's hat.

• That is his hat.

• That is her book.

Use these possessive pronouns before nouns: my, his, her, its, our, your, their:

• I dropped my pencil on the floor.

• Open the window in your room.

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Make sure nouns or pronouns and possessive pronouns agree in gender and number:

• We missed the movie because our bus was late.

• They visited my mom.

Multiple Choice

Name the possessive pronoun:

Our parents gave the answer.

• our

• parents

• the

Multiple Choice

Name the possessive pronoun:

The dog ate its food.

• The

• dog

• ate

• its

Multiple Choice

Name the possessive pronoun:

Did Karen see our jackets?

• Did

• Karen

• see

• our

Possessive Pronouns That Stand Alone

• Include mine, yours, his, her, its, ours, and theirs:

• This jacket is his.

Reflexive Pronouns

• are used when the subject does something for or to istelf.

• The end in -self- or -selves: myself, itself, themselves

• She painted the bike herself.

Relative Pronouns

• that, which, who, when, whom, whose

• Take the place of its antecedent.

• It introduces a clause that tells more about the antecedent:

• The man who sang smiled.

Multiple Choice

Name the correct possessive pronoun:

The boys in ________ room are here.

• our

• ours

Multiple Choice

Name the correct possessive pronoun:

Have you eaten ________?

• your

• yours

Multiple Choice

Name the correct possessive pronoun:

Johnny gave me ______ phone number.

• him

• his

Multiple Choice

Name the correct reflexive pronoun:

Dante read the story to _____.

• themselves

• himself

Multiple Choice

Name the correct reflexive pronoun:

You asked ________ the question in your head.

• ourselves

• yourself

Multiple Choice

The students gave __________ a good report.

• themselves

• herself