Commonly Confused Words: Set 1

Which word is a POSSESSIVE PRONOUN that means "belonging to you"?

• your

• you're

Which of these would you use if you were talking about the location​ of something to tell where it is? ​ ​ (a)  

• their
• they're
• there

belonging to them

• there

• their

• they're

Which word is used to COMPARE two or more things?

• then

• than

Which of these is the POSSESSIVE PRONOUN that would be used in the following sentence?

The cat ate _____ food from the dish.

• its

• it's

Which of these is the possessive form of who (a possessive pronoun)?

• whose

• who's

IS THE WORD IN BLUE SPELLED CORRECTLY?

I don't know who's book this is.

• YES

• NO

Match the following

• THEY'RE

• _____ dog is lost.

• THEIR

• We found him over _____.

• THERE

• I am sure _____ going to fix the hole in the fence.

Which of these is a contraction?

HINT: there is more than one answer

• it's

• its

• they're

• who's

• their

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

,

(b) CONTRACTIONS

• who's

• it's

• they're

• your

• whose

• you're

• their

• its