All Common Core: 6th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Common Core: 6th Grade English Language Arts
Select the correct possessive pronoun to complete the sentence.
The team knew the championship was __________.
whom
theirs
them
they
theirs
You can use a possessive pronoun when it is not necessary to name the person the thing belongs to. In this case, theirs indicates the team’s possession of the championship.
Example Question #11 : English Grammar And Usage In Writing And Speaking: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.6.1
Select the wording that best completes the underlined portion for the following sentence.
We informed the gentlemen that the biscuits were you.
ours
NO CHANGE
them
us
ours
You can use a possessive pronoun when it is not necessary to name the person or people the thing belongs to. In this sentence, “ours” indicates possession of the biscuits to be with the narrator (and his group) and not with the gentlemen.
Example Question #12 : English Grammar And Usage In Writing And Speaking: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.6.1
Select the wording that best completes the underlined portion for the following sentence.
Who’s ball is it?
Them
NO CHANGE
Whose
They
Whose
It is tempting to go with “Who’s” here, as it sounds just like the correct “whose”. “Who’s”, however, is not a possessive pronoun, and suggests “who is ball is it?” which just doesn’t make sense.
All Common Core: 6th Grade English Language Arts Resources
