Cursive Words

Your in Cursive

Watch the word your drawn in cursive stroke by stroke, trace it on the writing lines, and print a free practice worksheet.

In cursive, your is written in 1 stroke without lifting the pencil: y-o-u-r in one continuous stroke. Press play to watch it drawn on the writing lines, then trace it yourself and print the free worksheet.

your written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write your in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through y-o-u-r, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 1Pencil lifts: 0Letters: 4

Size is what makes your readable: midline-height o, u, and r and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

How the letters in your connect

1 of your's 3 joins leave the letter on an overcurve. The exceptions are o-u, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of u and u-r, where u ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of r.

The letters in your

Shaky on y, o, and u or any of the others? Open the letter's own guide below for its stroke order, joins, and practice sheet.

Trace your in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the word.

Free printable your cursive worksheet

Print the free your in cursive worksheet to move from the screen to paper: trace your along the dashed models, write it starting from each green dot, copy it beside the model, then fill the blank writing lines on your own.

Need a different word? Make a worksheet for any word — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

1. Keep the pencil down through y-o-u-r, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.

Yes — your flows from the first letter to the last without a single pencil lift.

1 of your's 3 joins leave the letter on an overcurve. The exceptions are o-u, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of u and u-r, where u ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of r.

Size is what makes your readable: midline-height o, u, and r and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

your starts with the letter y, which opens on an overcurve. Getting that first entry stroke right sets the slant for the whole word.

Practice writing your with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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