Inglés I Mg.

Nancy León Pereyra

Showing Possession: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

It’s my house; It’s mine

FORM AND USE

Look at these sentences:
It’s my house.
The house belongs to
me. The house is mine.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
1 These are the possessive adjectives.
my – My shoes are brown.
your – Your car is yellow.
his – His sister is tall.
her – Her brother is very tall.
its – The dog wants its food.
our – Our vacation was great!
their – Their house is very
cold.
2 We use a possessive adjective before a noun.
It’s my dog.
That’s her
cat.
Those are your glasses.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
1 These are the possessive pronouns.
mine – Those jumpers are mine.
yours – These shirts are yours.
his – The blue bicycle is his.
hers – The red bicycle is
hers. ours – Those books are
ours.
theirs – This restaurant is theirs.
Note:
We do not use a possessive pronoun for it.
1 We never put a noun after a possessive pronoun.
The dog is
mine. The cat is
hers.
The glasses are yours.
2 A possessive pronoun (yours, mine, etc.) replaces a possessive adjective
+ noun (your team, my job).
My team is better than yours.
(My team is better than your team.)
Her job is more interesting than
mine.
(Her job is more interesting than my job.)
Note:
Do not confuse its and it’s: its is a possessive adjective; it’s = it is or it has.
Can you give the dog its food? It’s hungry.
BELONG TO
We use belong to + an object pronoun.
The dog belongs to me.
The cat belongs to her.
The glasses belong to
you.
1 Complete the sentences

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, his,

her, its, our or their).
Examples:
This bicycle belongs to me. This is my bicycle.
These pencils belong to you. These are your pencils.

1 That book belongs to her. That is HER....book.

2 This apartment belongs to them. This is THEIR.apartment.
3 This parrot belongs to me. This is MY......parrot.
4 These socks belong to him. These are HIS....socks.
5 These shoes belong to me. Those are MY......shoes.
6 Those shirts belong to her. Those are HER....shirts.
7 That T-shirt belongs to my uncle. That’s HIS.....T-shirt.
8 That camera belongs to my wife. That’s HER. . .camera.
9 This dog belongs to my children. This is YOUR.dog.
10 That ball belongs to my dog. That’s ITS....ball.
11 This money belongs to you. This is YOUR..money.
12 This car belongs to us. This is OUR....car.
13 This park belongs to everyone. This is OUR...park.
14 This motorcycle belongs to Mrs. Thompson. This is ....HER......
motorcycle.
15 Those magazines belong to her. Those are HER. . .magazines.
16 These glasses belong to me. They are MY....glasses.
17 Those books belong to my husband. They are HIS...books.
18 This house belongs to my friends. This is THEIR house.
19 That basket belongs to my cat. That is ITS. . .basket.
20 This video belongs to her. This is HER. .video.

2 Complete the sentences

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.

1 I love fish. Fish is ..MY........ favorite food.

2 I have a brother and sister. ...MY....... brother lives in
Canada and .....MY..... sister lives in California.
3 Jim’s a bus driver. He hates ....HIS...... job. He wants to be a
film star.
4 It’s ....HER...... birthday. She’s 21 today.
5 We didn’t send you a postcard. We don’t know YOUR.address.
6 Do you take sugar in YOUR tea?
7 My grandparents love ....THEIR...... new house.
8 Eric is French and ....HIS...... wife is Brazilian.
 9 Do you have ....MY...... passport with you?
10 The twins have ...THEIR....... birthday party in June.
11 She washes ...HER....... hair every day.
12 I have .....MY..... lunch at the office.
13 We buy ...OUR....... food at the supermarket. The food is
cheaper there.
14 They buy ....THEIR...... food at the market. The people are nicer
there.
15 I buy my fish from a fisherman. ...HIS.... fish is always fresh!
16 Go to my sister’s house and see ...HER....... new furniture.
17 We always have .....OUR..... Christmas vacation in Switzerland.
18 We didn’t like .....OUR..... old sofa, so we change ITS cover.
19 She has ....HER...... breakfast in a café near HER office.
20 Have you seen ....MY...... comb? I can’t find it.

3 Replace the words

Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun (mine, yours,

his, hers, its, ours, yours or theirs).
Example:
Is that your cake or my cake?
Is that your cake or mine?

1 Is that your newspaper or my newspaper?(MINE NEWSPAPER)

2 Shall we go in my car or your car? (YOURS CAR)
3 Did you use my computer or her computer? (HERS COMPUTER)
4 Is this his sandwich or your sandwich? (YOURS SANDWICH)
5 Is this our money or their money? (THEIRS MONEY)
6 Shall we look at your photographs or our photographs? (OURS
PHOTOGRAPHS)
7 Shall we have the party at our house or your house? (YOURS
HOUSE)
8 Is that our cat or their cat? (THEIRS CAT)
9 Is this your key or my key? (MINE KEY)
10 Is this her jumper or his jumper? (HIS JUMPER)
11 Shall we use my apartment or your apartment? (YOURS
APARTAMENT)
12 Is that his dog or her dog? (HERS DOG)
13 Did you borrow her coat or his coat? (HIS COAT)
14 Is this their umbrella or my umbrella? (MINE UMBRELLA)
15 Shall we stay at her house or their house? (THEIRS HOUSE)

4 Replace the words

Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun.

Example:
My dog is bigger than your dog.
My dog is bigger than yours.
 1 His camera is smaller than your camera. (YOURS)
2 Their garden is bigger than our garden. (OURS)
3 Her pronunciation is better than my pronunciation. (MINE)
4 My grammar is better than her grammar. (HERS)
5 My jokes are better than his jokes. (HIS)
6 Our kitchen is smaller than their kitchen. (THEIRS)
7 His bedroom is tidier than her bedroom. (HERS)
8 My train is slower than your train. That’s why I’m always late.
(YOURS)
9 My parrot is more intelligent than your parrot. My parrot tells
jokes. (YOURS)
10 Your school is bigger than my school. (MINE)
11 Her car is faster than his car. (HIS)
12 My house is more expensive than their house. (THEIRS)
13 His hair is longer than my hair. (MINE)
14 Her mother is older than our mother. (OURS)
15 My radio is louder than your radio. (YOURS)

5 Choose the correct form

Choose the correct form in brackets and underline it.

Examples:
I’m going to the cinema with (my / mine) friends tonight.
Shall we listen to your records or (my / mine)?

1 That’s a beautiful piano. Is it (your / yours)?

2 There’s a jumper on the chair. Is it (your / yours) or (my /
mine)?
3 (Her / Hers) bedroom is bigger than (our / ours).
4 (My / Mine) bag is heavier than (their / theirs).
5 There’s a pen on the table. Is it (our / ours) or (their / theirs)?
6 (My / mine) watch isn’t working today. Is (your / yours)?
7 (Their / theirs) house is next to (our / ours).
8 (Our / ours) house is next to (their / theirs).
9 (Our / ours) winters are colder than (your / yours).
10 (Our / ours) snowmen are happier than (your / yours)!
11 (Your / Yours) car is too slow, let’s take (my / mine).
12 Is that (her / hers) hat?