Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns are: mine-yours-his-hers-its-ours-yours-theirs

Possessive pronouns in place of a noun Example That book is mine = my book

Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives are: my-your-his-her-its-our-your-therir
Possessive adjectives before nouns Example This is my book. Your book is there

Choose and circle the correct answer

The bird loves its / it’s bath. Look at it / him The bird loves its bath. Look at him Al pajaro le
encanta su baño. Mirálo.

They/ He are twins. Him / His name is Greg and her / hers is Vicky They are twins. His name is
Greg and hers is Vicky. Ellos son gemelos. El nombre de é les Greg y el de ella es Vicky.

Archie and Lulu aren’t friends. They / Them don’t like each other. Archie and Lulu aren’t
friends. They don’t like each other. Archie y Lulu no son amigos. No se quieren.

This is me / my jacket. Where’s your / yours? This is my jacket. Where’s yours? Esta es mi
chaqueta. Dónde está la tuya?

Don’t sit on that chair. It / She is broken Don’t sit on that chair. It’s broken. No te sientas en
esa silla. Está rota.

Nico is a friend of us / ours. Do you know him / his? Nico is a friend of ours. Do you know him?
Nico es un amigo de nosotros. Tu lo conoces?

They / Them do their / theirs homework carefully They do their homework carefully. Ellos
hacen su tarea cuidadosamente.

I / he is an Egyptian. His / he’s wife is Algerian He is an Egyptian. His wife is Algerian. El es

egipto. Su esposa es algeriana.

They / She often hide they / them in their / theirs nesis They often hide them in their nests.
Ellos muchas veces los esconden en sus nidos.

Try this / these vodka. No thanks. I don’t drink it / as I hate alcohol Try this vodka. No thanks. I
don’t drink as I hate alcohol. Prueba esta vodka. No gracias. No bebo ya que odio el alcohol.

We / he like her / hers. She / her is my / mine best friend We like her. She is my best friend.
Ella nos cae bien. Ella es mi major amiga.

This road is long and it / he is also wide The road is long and it also wide. La carretera es larga
y también es ancha.
We / he like going to the movies. It’s / it’s fun We like going to the movies. It’s fun. Nos gust
air al cine. Es divertido.

He / They drives well when his / he’s careful He drives well when he’s careful. El maneja bien
cuando tiene cuidado.

I / he am a student of you / yours. My / Me name’s Kate I am a student of yours. My name’s

Kate. Soy estudiantes suyo. Mi nombre es Kate.

I / She don’t think it / they is my / mine I don’t think it is mine. No creo que eso es mío.

Have you heard of the Titanic ? He / She sank many years ago She sank many years ago.

Look at that baby. Is it / he a boy or a girl? Is it a boy or a girl? Es un niño o una niña?
She / Them went with she’s / her mother She went with her mother. Ella se fue con su mama.

Work is very tiring if you do it / her all day Work is tiring if you do it all day. El trabajo es
aburrido si lo haces todo el día.

Those boys haven’t moved in an hour Los muchachos no se han movido en una hora.
That week of out trip to Africa in 1992 was great fun. Esa semana de nuestro viaje a África en
1992 fue muy divertida.
Those years will see us retired to a little farm Aquellos años nos verán jubilados a una
pequeña granja.
That mistake was the worst the cat ever made Aquel error fue el peor que el gato haya hecho.
This os often used with that and these with those to show contrast Esto se usa con frecuencias
con aquel y aquellos para mostrar el contrastre.
That pig is fat, but this one here is skinny El cochino es gordo, pero este aqué es flaco.
These mountains are dark green those seem to be purple Estas montañas son verde oscuras
aquellas parecen ser moradas.

Use this, that, these or those in the sentences

Example: Those deer are eating apples over there

Don’t touch _________________ raccoon. I’m holding It bites. That No toques ese mapache
que yo tengo muerde
Did you see _____________________- whale surface? That viste la ballena que salió al
superficie?

________________squirrels like to eat from my hand. See ! those Aquellas ardillas les gusta
comer de mi mano.

___________________ wild cat is male ______________ One there is pregnant This - The
Este gato salvaje es macho la otra está preñada.

_______________________possums are playing dead behind the tree Those Esos rabipelados
están jugando al muerto detrás del árbol.

Do you see ________________ wolf stalking ____________________sheep? That - those

Viste aquel lobo acosando la oveja?

______________________-skunks in Mrs. Percy’s yard aren’t afraid of anything those

Aquellos mapurites en el jardín de la Sra. Percy no temen a nada.

Coyotes roam _____________________-hills so don’t go out alone. These Coyotes caminan

estas Colinas así que no salgas solo.

____________________coyotes here won’t hurt me. They’re too afraid these Estos coyotes
aquí no me harán daño. Tienen mucho miedo.

Do you remember how many moose we saw in __________________- days? These Te

acuerdas cuántos alces vimos en estos días?