Contractions or possessives? worksheets

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It's, you're, they're, and who's are contractions: two words in a trench coat. Its, your, their, and whose show belonging. Expand the contraction and see if the sentence still makes sense.

Four grades, one set of sentences: all four print from the same 40. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.

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  1. 3rd grade

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    Third graders choose between the famous pairs, its/it's, your/you're, their/they're/there, using the expansion test on every blank.

  2. 4th grade Core grade

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    Fourth graders add whose/who's, L.4.1.g's frequently confused words, and run the test at speed across all four families.

  3. 5th grade

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    Fifth graders keep the pairs straight in their own drafts, where its/it's is among the most common errors in student writing.

  4. 6th grade

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    Sixth graders are done being fooled: the expansion test runs automatically, and the famous pairs stop appearing in their corrections at all.

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