How it works
Each sheet draws 8 of our 119 sentences, about half for each word. You're is short for you are: you're late. Your shows something belongs to you: your coat.
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The you are test
Say you are in the blank. If the sentence still works (you are late), circle you're. If it does not (wash you are hands), circle your.
Short or longer sentences
Set picks Short sentences (six words or fewer) or Longer sentences, where a few use both words: Your puppy knows when you're sad.
Questions and answers
What is the difference between your and you're?
You're is a contraction of you are; the apostrophe stands for the missing a. Your is a possessive, like my or his: it tells whose something is.
What grade learns your and you're?
The Common Core asks second graders to use an apostrophe to form contractions such as you're (L.2.2c). Many classes come back to the pair in grades 3 and 4, when the Longer sentences set fits.
Can I use my own sentences?
Yes. Type one a line, with ___ for the blank, an equals sign, the right word, then a slash and the wrong one: ___ my hero. = You're / Your. Your lines replace ours.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. It prints as the last page unless you untick Add an answer key as the last page under More options. It circles the right word in every sentence of the sheet you print.