Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Five, Lesson Two: Possessive Pronouns

  1. give
  2. five
  3. alive
  4. drive
  5. strive
  6. shack
  7. private
  8. supply
  9. gases
  10. poisonous
  1. gold
  2. copper
  3. silver
  4. zinc
  5. talc
  6. lead
  7. shaft
  8. tunnel
  9. strip
  10. tailings
Possessive Pronouns

You should recall that apostrophes can be used to show ownership when used with nouns: 


  I've never seen anything like Joe's house.

  Martha's garden is the finest in the state!
Possessive pronouns show ownership without the use of apostrophes. 

  I've never seen anything like his house.

  Her garden is the finest in the state!
Of course before you use a pronoun you usually name the person, place, or thing to which it refers. 

  Idaho is a fine state. It's famous for its potatoes.

  We visited Martha yesterday. Her garden is the finest in the state!

  We left on vacation last night. Our car broke down before we left the state.
Let's take a closer look at the first of these examples: 

  It's famous for its potatoes.
The first it's is the contraction for it is. The second its is the possessive pronoun for it.

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