Name: ____________________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Your/You’re
The Case of the Unemployed Princess
Sleeping Beauty wrote this letter to the Royal
Mattress Company. But she doesn’t understand the
difference between your and you’re. Can you help?
Directions: The word your or you’re belongs on each of
the lines below. Choose the correct word and write it in.
From the Desk of Sleeping Beauty
The Royal Mattress Company
29 Goose Feather Lane
Wunsuhponna Kingdom
To Whom It May Concern:
Grammar Cop’s Clues
___________ not going to believe this. I’ve been
asleep for one hundred years on one of ___________
mattresses! And I feel great! I’ve been telling everyone
how terrific ___________ beds are.
Is ___________ company looking for a
spokesperson? I’d be perfect. After all, I have tons of
sleeping experience! If ___________ interested, I could
come to ___________ factory and test ____________
new mattresses. Just think what a good word from me
could do for ___________ company.
___________ probably saying to yourselves,
“Hire a princess? Never!” Well, ___________ wrong.
Times have changed since I fell asleep. I just woke up
an hour ago, and a handsome prince said to me, “I want
to marry you. But ___________ going to have to get a
job.” So I sat right down to write this letter.
___________ welcome to contact me at the
palace. I look forward to ___________ reply.
Remember these basic laws of
your and you’re:
• Your is the possessive form
of you. Use it when you are
talking about something that
belongs to the person with
whom you are speaking.
(Example: You dropped your bag.)
• You’re is a contraction of you
are. Here’s a tip: Whenever you
write you’re, read over the
sentence again and substitute
the words you are for you’re.
If the sentence makes sense,
you’ve made the right choice.
(Example: You’re so busy, I hardly
see you anymore.)
___________ biggest fan,
Sleeping Beauty
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GRAMMAR COP
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The Case of the Unemployed Princess (p. 43)
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