Thursday, April 9, 2009

Spit and Polish: Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns are a kind of personal pronoun that show ownership. My, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs are all possessive pronouns.

Rewrite the following paragraph using personal pronouns in place of some of the nouns.

Hector loved playing Hector's trumpet. Hector had talent, but Hector lacked the discipline to practice each day. Hector's dream was to one day play professionally. Hector's band teacher worried that Hector's band teacher's student would not reach Hector's goal if Hector did not start practicing more.