Exploring Common Homophones

This video tutorial covers the use of homophones: 'your', 'you're', 'its', 'it's', 'there', 'their', and 'they're'. It explains how to distinguish between these words by understanding their roles as contractions or possessive pronouns. The tutorial provides examples and exercises to practice identifying the correct usage in sentences. Students are encouraged to annotate and take notes while working through the exercises, and to check their answers with the provided answer key.

What is the primary focus of Easy Grammar Unit 2, Lesson 3?

• Punctuation marks

• Homophones

• Literary devices

• Essay writing

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Which homophone pair includes a contraction meaning 'you are'?

• There, They're

• Its, It's

• Your, You're

• Their, They're

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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How can you verify the correct usage of 'your' in a sentence?

• Check if it shows possession

• All of the above

• Replace it with 'you are'

• See if it modifies a noun

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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What does 'its' without an apostrophe signify?

• Belonging to it

• They are

• It is

• Belonging to them

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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Which sentence correctly uses 'it's'?

• The book lost it's cover

• It's tail is long

• It's a sunny day

• The cat licked it's kitten

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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What does 'they're' indicate in a sentence?

• Past tense of 'they'

• Contraction for 'they are'

• Location

• Possession

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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Choose the sentence where 'their' is used correctly.

• Their going to the park

• They're books are on the table

• Their books are on the table

• They're happy with their results

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CCSS.L.4.1G

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In the workbook exercise, what should you do if the answer is 'it's' without an apostrophe?

• Nothing special

• Check if it can be replaced with 'it is'

• Use a contraction

• Draw an arrow to the word it modifies

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CCSS.L.1.5A

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How should you write 'you're' when it modifies something in the sentence?

• Without an apostrophe

• With an apostrophe

• It does not modify anything

• Replace it with 'your'

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

What is the purpose of using an arrow in the workbook exercises?

• To underline the word

• To point out errors

• To indicate the direction of reading

• To show what the word modifies

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