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Possessive Adjectives & Possessive Pronouns

The document discusses possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It provides examples of how to use possessive adjectives like "my", "your", "his", "her", "our", and "their" to indicate ownership or belonging. It also discusses possessive pronouns like "mine", "yours", "his", "hers", "ours", and "theirs", which are used alone without a noun to replace and refer to a possessed noun. The document includes exercises for filling in the blanks with the correct possessive adjective or pronoun.

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Possessive Adjectives & Possessive Pronouns

The document discusses possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It provides examples of how to use possessive adjectives like "my", "your", "his", "her", "our", and "their" to indicate ownership or belonging. It also discusses possessive pronouns like "mine", "yours", "his", "hers", "ours", and "theirs", which are used alone without a noun to replace and refer to a possessed noun. The document includes exercises for filling in the blanks with the correct possessive adjective or pronoun.

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

The possessive adjectives in English (also called 'possessive determiners') are: my, your, his, her, its,
our and their. They say who something belongs to.
 I have a bag - this is my bag.  The dog has a bed - it is its bed.
 You have a cat - that is your cat.  We have a flat - it is our flat.
 He has a car - it is his car.  They have a daughter - she
 She has a book - it is her book. is their daughter.

Replace the bolded words with my/ your/ his/ her/ our/ their.
1. The first one is Brian's coat. → The first one is HIS coat.
2. Gary is Linda's brother. → Gary is ______ brother.
3. The big one is Alan's and my room. → It is ______ room.
4. Those are the girls' tables. → Those are ______ tables.
5. That is Henry's book. → That is ______ book.
6. They are Mimi's and my shoes. → They are ______ shoes.
7. My brother's wife is an engineer. → ______ wife is an engineer.
8. Kathie's children are very clever. → ______ children are very clever.
9. Is that Lori's computer? → Is that ______ computer?
10. Barbara's room is very tidy. → ______ room is very tidy.
11. Are they your mother's students? → Are they ______ students?
12. That is Ben's toy. → That is ______ toy.
13. Are those Sara's and Betty's cars? → Are those ______ cars?
14. Is this your father's house? → Is this ______ house?
15. The park is the government's property. → The park is ______ property.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Possessive pronouns also say who something belongs to, but they replace the noun. So we use them
alone. In this case, we don't use 'its'. In English, the possessive pronouns are: mine, its, yours, his,
hers, ours and theirs.
 I have a bag - this bag is mine.  She has a book - it is hers.
 You have a cat - that cat is yours.  We have a flat - it is ours.
 He has a car - it is his.  They have a daughter - she is theirs.

Fill in these blanks with mine/ yours/ his/ hers/ ours/ theirs.
1. A: Is this my book?
B: No, it's MINE. Yours is over there on the desk.
2. A: Who left that mobile phone on the shelf? Is it my brother's?
B: Yes, I'm sure it's ______.
3. A: Is that your car in the driveway?
B: No. We parked ______ on the street.
4. A: Linda is looking for her keys. Are these hers?
B: Yes, they are ______.
5. A: This is your parents' car, isn't it?
B: No, it's ______. I bought it last Tuesday.
6. A: Does that red SUV belong to your parents?
B: Yes, it's ______.
7. Can I borrow your phone? ______ is out of battery.
8. She doesn't want to wear my dress, she likes ______ better.
9. Why would you want to live in someone else's house when ______ is the best of all?
10. The neighbors have our lawn mower, they said ______ was broken so I lent them ours.
11. Everyone loved Abigail's dance the most because ______ was a solo.
12. He had so many shirts so I just wore one of ______ instead of buying another one.
13. Is this your toothbrush? No, ______ is green.
14. My father is looking for a replacement I-pad as he dropped ______ and broke it.
15. We need your class notes from yesterday because ______ isn't complete.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES OR POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS


SUBJECT POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
I My Mine
Your Your Yours
We Our Ours
He His His
She Her Hers
It Its Its

Choose the right answers from the brackets to fill in these blanks!
1. Is this cup YOURS (your / yours)?
2. The coffee is ______ (my / mine).
3. That coat is ______ (my / mine).
4. He lives in ______ (her / hers) house.
5. You might want ______ (your / yours) phone.
6. The new car is ______ (their / theirs).
7. She cooked ______ (our / ours) food.
8. Don't stand on ______ (my / mine) foot!
9. She gave him ______ (her / hers) suitcase.
10. I met ______ (their / theirs) mother.
11. Is this ______ (their / theirs) coffee?
12. Is the flat ______ (her / hers)?
13. The grey scarf is ______ (my / mine).
14. That red bike is ______ (our / ours).
15. We should take ______ (our / ours) coats.
16. That is ______ (my / mine) car.
17. He dropped ______ (my / mine) bag.
18. Are these phones ______ (their / theirs)?
19. These cakes are ______ (our / ours)!
20. Are those children ______ (your / yours)?

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