All Common Core: 6th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Use Pronouns In Proper Case: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.6.1.A
Select the correct possessive pronoun to complete the sentence.
The team knew the championship was __________.
theirs
whom
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 #12 : Use Pronouns In Proper Case: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.6.1.A
Select the wording that best completes the underlined portion for the following sentence.
We informed the gentlemen that the biscuits were you.
us
ours
NO CHANGE
them
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 #13 : Use Pronouns In Proper Case: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.6.1.A
Select the wording that best completes the underlined portion for the following sentence.
Who’s ball is it?
They
NO CHANGE
Whose
Them
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.
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