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Name:___________________

Date:____________________Section: 6-________________

Its vs. Its

Its = A contraction of it is or it has For Example: It is cold outside.Its cold outside.

Its = The possessive form of it For Example: The dog licked its paws.

Youre vs. Your

Youre = A contraction of you are For Example: You are going to pass the test. Youre going to pass the test.

Your= A possessive adjective that describes something that belongs to you.

For Example: I think this is your book.

Theyre vs. Their vs. There

Theyre = A contraction of They are. For Example: They are going to pass the test.

Theyre going to pass the test.

Their= Apossessive pronoun that describes something that belongs to them.

For Example: I think this is their book.

There = Used as an introductory subject in sentences like "There is" and "There are". It is also used to showa place, such as Over there or Right there.

For Example: There is a spider in my soup.Put your backpack over there.

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Directions:Read the following sentences and write its or its in the spaces below.

Example: ___________ time to take Tom the Tiger out for a walk. Where is ______ leash?

1. ________ time to analyze the lab results.

2. Hurry up! ________ time to go. By the time we leave, _________ going to be dark outside.

3. The mesmerized dog played with _________ toy.

4. The table lost __________ leg. _________ probably time to get a new one.

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Directions:Read the following sentences and write youreoryourin the spaces below.

Example: Every time ____________ on task, ___________ going to help increase ________

grade.

5. If we dont get the job, its going to be __________ fault.

6. I hope ___________ on my team.

7. Is this ____________ sweater? You better take it, or ___________ going to catch a cold.

8. Revon, ________________ really starting to annoy Jonathan. No one wants to hear ________awful singing voice.

9. Christon, get rid of _____________ Do Nows! ___________ binder is going to explode if

____________ more responsible.

Directions:Read the following sentences and write theyre, their, or there in the spaces

below.

Example: Those boys over ___________ need to pick up _________ belongings. Otherwise,

___________ going to forget something.

10. Look at Suliza and Kenya over ___________. ___________ doing excellent work.

11. Luis and Syi need to bring __________ gym clothes with them everyday. Otherwise,

__________ going to get lots of demerits.

12. _________ are too many people at __________ lockers.

13. Look at them working on ___________ autobiography projects. It looks like ______________going to get an A.

14. Everyone in homework center is currently doing ________ work. ___________ is going to be areward for them if they keep it up.

Directions: Circle the correct answer (A, B, or C)

15. (your, youre)

I want to go to house because having a party over there.

A. youre, youre

B. your, youre

C. youre, your

16. (their, there, theyre)

going to go on a trip over because father gave themmoney to go.

A. There, there, there

B. Their, there, theyreC. Theyre, there, their

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17. (its, its)

going to be a good day because the dog ate food.

A. Its, its

B. Its, its

C. Its, its

18. (your, youre)

Where is rain coat? Dont you know that going to get wetwithout it?

A. (your, your)B. (your, youre)

C. (youre, youre)

19. (their, theyre, there)

d og has escaped from yard, and he is hiding over .

A. (Theyre, there, their)

B. (There, theyre, their)C. (Their, their, there)

20. (its, its)

so cold out; it feels like winter.

A. (Its, its)

B. (Its, its)

C. (Its, its)

21. (youre, your)

so excited about going to the dance that you forgot keys.

A. (Youre, your)

B. (Your, your)

C. (Your, youre)

22. (youre, your)

Where is hat? going to catch a cold if you dont put it on.

A. (your, Your)

B. (your, Youre)

C. (youre, Your)

23. (its, its)

When I saw the dog, I noticed that fur was brown; going toblend in with the trees on our hunting trip.

A. (its, its)

B. (its, its)C. (its, its)

24. (there, their, theyre)

going to the store after the game. When they get ,

cousins will be also.

A. (There, their, theyre)

B. (Theyre, there, there, their)

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C. (Theyre, there, their, there)