Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns

Teacher Carol

They are divided in :
ADJECTIVES
( used before a noun)
I My Mine
You Your Yours
He His His
She Her Hers
It Its Its
We Our Ours
You Your Yours
They Their theirs
PRONOUNS
( never follow a noun)

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.
1) Where are ___________ YOUR friends now? (you)
2) Here is a postcard from ____________ MY friend Peggy. ( I)
3) She lives in Australia now with __________family. HER
( she)
4) ___________ HER husband works in Newcastle. (She)
5) ___________ HIS company builds ships. (He)
6) ___________children THEIR
go to school in Newcastle. (They)
7) ___________ MY husband and I want to go to Australia, too.
(I)
8) We want to see Peggy and ___________ HER family next
winter. (she)
9) ___________winter! OUR (We)
10) Because it is ___________ THEIR
summer. (they)

a) This book is ____________ YOURS (you) .
b) The ball is ____________ MINE (I) .
c) The blue car is ____________ OURS (we) .
d) The ring is ____________ HERS (she) .
e) We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is
____________ THEIRS (they) .
f) The luggage is ____________ HIS (he) .
g) The pictures are ____________ HERS (she) .
h) In our garden is a bird. The nest is ___________ ITS (it) .
i) This cat is ____________ OURS (we) .
j) This was not my fault. It was ____________ YOURS
(you) .

1. These grammar books are different. _______
has 278 pages, but _______ has only 275.
a) Yours, mine
b) Your, my
c) Yours, my
d) Your, mine

2. This bird has broken ________ leg.
a) it's
b) its‘
c) hers
d) its
3. Junko has already eaten his lunch, but I'm saving
________ until later.
a) hers
b) her
c) my
d) mine

4. Was ________ grammar book expensive?
a) your
b) yours
c) your's
d) you
5. Jody has lost ________ books.
a) mine
b) her
c) hers
d) theirs

6. We gave them ________ telephone number, and
they gave us ________.
a) ours, their
b) our, their
c) ours, theirs
d) our, theirs
7. ________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow
________?
a) Mine, yours
b) Your, mine
c) My, yours
d) Yours, mine

8. ________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.
a) Your, mine
b) Yours, mine
c) Your, my
d) Yours, my
9. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________!
a) your
b) its
c) her
d) mine

10. My telephone is out of order, but ________
is working.
a) your
b) our
c) his
d) their

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