Unit 6
1 Rewrite these sentences, putting in the apostrophes. 1 She kept the fairmaids comb.
4 The babies toys were on the floor. 5 His moms mouth fell open in shock.
2 I understand the babys feelings.
3 I listened to the two poets performances.
6 I like this authors work.
2 Take a word or phrase from circle A and put it together with one from circle B. A B
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Janelle, my teachers, the young man, Baby-K, his friends, the children
books, food, bag, bikes, rhyme, shoes
3 Rewrite this paragraph putting apostrophes where they are needed. The fairmaid looked into the girls eyes. She offered all her parents riches to the girl. She offered the girl her fathers galleon, her mothers coral necklace and her childrens pearls. Possessive adjectives
These words are possessive adjectives: my, your, his, its, her, our, their They come before nouns and they show ownership: She uses Creole in her poems .
Kit wrote an e-mail to his friend. Rewrite it, choosing the correct possessive adjective to fill each gap.
From: To: Subject:
From: Kit Wallace To: Elias Subject: Keep away!
Hi Elias, I read Baby-K’s rap to_____ (me / my) mom. She loved it and sent it to _____ (his / her) friends. She says _____ (our / we) family have got to change _____ (our / we) habits. We’ve got to buy less stuff and stop using plastic. _____ (Your / My) two
sisters were furious. _____ (Her / Their) dresses were gold. Mom was cross because _____ (she / her) bed was gold! Don’t come to _____ (your / our) house! _____ (Our / Your) friend, Kit
• It’s / its: Tell students to try substituting it is when using it’s / its . If the phrase makes sense with ‘it is’, they should use it’s . Demonstrate using examples.
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