Year 4 Possessive Pronouns SPaG Worksheets

These bright, appealing grammar worksheets are a great help for practising and revising the use of possessive pronouns in Y4.

There are three worksheets in total, covering the following five sections – ‘understand’, ‘challenge’, ‘test’, ‘explain’ and ‘apply’.

• Understand
  Write down 4 sentences about your family. Include a different possessive pronoun in each one.
• Challenge
  Students write three sentences, each featuring a different possessive pronoun, in response to a trio of image prompts.
• Test
  Students identify the existing possessive pronouns within a set of sentences, complete a further set of sentences by adding appropriate possessive pronouns, and finally rewrite several sentences so that they make use of possessive pronouns.
  
• Explain
  ‘Using your own words, explain the difference between pronouns and possessive pronouns, giving examples.’
  
• Apply
  ‘The three little pigs are all leaving home. They are taking things with them to their new houses but are arguing over who owns what. Could you write an argument between the pigs? Remember to include a range of possessive pronouns to show that you know how to use them.’

What is a possessive pronoun?

A type of pronoun that indicates possession or ownership within a sentence.

• my
• your
• his
• hers
• our
• its

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Pupils should be taught to evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency.

This resource is part of the SPaG Gym collection.
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• Worksheets featuring five sections: understand challenge test explain and apply. Activities include SATs style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses with eye-catching images as prompts