1. Hey, What’s a Possessive Pronoun? Duh, What’s a Contraction? At slide 12: Drills It’s vs. Its

2. Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Examples: My, his, her That is my book. This is his book. That is her book.

3. Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Examples: My, his, her That is my book. This is his book. That is her book. Note these word indicate ownership by definition… they do not employ an apostrophe!

4. Imagine the following… the top work, the bottom ones don’t! We would say … That is John’s book That is Mr. Smith’s book But we’d look incredible stupid saying… That is my’s book. This is his’s book. That is her’s book. Note these word indicate ownership by definition… they do not employ an apostrophe!

5. So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Examples: My, his, her That is my book.I own That is his book. He owns That is her book.She owns But the List goes on…

6. So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Examples beside : My, his, her Your, Their, Its, Whose

7. So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Examples beside : My, his, her Your, Their, Its, Whose That is your book.You own This is their book. They own That is its bowl. It owns (the dog’s) Whose bowl is it?Who owns

8. So Simple…Possessive Pronouns are little words that mean ownership. Your Their Its Whose

9. Possessive Pronouns are not to be confused with their sound-alike counterparts… the Contraction! Your You’re = You are Their They’re = They are Its It’s = It is Whose Who’s = Who is

10. A Contraction always uses an Apostrophe That is your book.You own Possessive Pronoun You’re a fine fellow.= You are Contraction This is their book. They own Possessive Pronoun They’re good boys.= They are Contraction That is its bowl. It owns Possessive Pronoun It’s a miracle = it is Contraction Whose bowl is it? Who owns Possessive Pronoun Who’s asleep? = Who is Contraction

11. TIME TO DRILL, BABY, DRILL

12. It’s or Its Regarding this assignment, _____ not so hard, I’ll be done in a few minutes.

13. It’s or Its Regarding this assignment, _____ not so hard, I’ll be done in a few minutes.

14. It’s or Its How do you know ___ going to rain?

15. It’s or Its How do you know ___ going to rain?

16. It’s or Its You called that dog Rover. How’d you know __ name?

17. It’s or Its You called that dog Rover. How’d you know __ name?

18. It’s or Its ___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor…

19. It’s or Its ___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor…

20. It’s or Its How can you complain that ___ raining when you should be happy to be alive!

21. It’s or Its How can you complain that ___ raining when you should be happy to be alive!

22. It’s or Its Concerning the “Its” of Monty Python’s famous opening; ___ rather a fine opening for the show!

23. It’s or Its Concerning the “Its” of Monty Python’s famous opening; ___ rather a fine opening for the show!

24. It’s or Its Why is ___ door dented? It’s supposed to be a brand new car.

25. It’s or Its Why is ___ door dented? It’s supposed to be a brand new car.

26. It’s or Its The door is dented because __ not a brand new car.

27. It’s or Its The door is dented because __ not a brand new car.

28. It’s or Its For __ price, you would think it’s a new car.

29. It’s or Its For __ price, you would think it’s a new car.

30. It’s or Its Once ___ driven off the lot, you’ll find out how well it handles.

31. It’s or Its Once ___ driven off the lot, you’ll find out how well it handles.

32. It’s or Its They all say that ___ warranty is the finest on the market.

33. It’s or Its They all say that ___ warranty is the finest on the market.

34. The End - The back end