Formal Informal Possessive Makeup

Name _____________________________________ Date _____________ Class __________ Formal/Informal Language Strips (Make-up Assignment)

There are five sentences below. Please mark the sentences that use an informal possessive with an I. Mark the sentences that use formal possessives with an F.

Example:

My mom car is broken. I (Informal) My mom’s car is broken. F (Formal)

1. I don’t like that girl dress. _______ 2. She gave all of her daughters’ toys to charity. ________ 3. The boy mom was mad at him. ________ 4. James’s new school was closer to my house. _________ 5. The children classroom was crowded.