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topic: POSSESSIVE PRONOUN or POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE? 2

Choose whether each sentence requires a possessive adjective or a possessive

pronoun:
EX: That car is not his. It's mine. (possessive pronoun)
OR That's my car. (possessive adjective)

1. Is that your notebook or mine (my/mine)?

2. I don't like their (their/theirs) apartment.

3. That's not my problem. It's yours (yours/your).

4. Your car is green, while mine (my/mine) is black.

5. Isn't their (their/theirs) son older than you?

6. A friend of ours (our/ours) called.

7. A friend of hers (her/hers) brother's called.

8. He's our (our/ours) doctor.

9. That's our (our/ours) house, not theirs.

10. Is he a friend of yours (your/yours)?

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 Possessive Adjective and Pronoun Exercise

Circle the correct answer.

This is new car. I bought it 6 A family photo. Which one's sister?

1
yesterday. A your
A my B yours
B mine C you
C its

I'd like you to meet Rita. She's a great Michael's married. wife is an
2 7
friend of . accountant.
A our A His
B us B Her
C ours C Its

3 They live on the other side of the street. 8 Susan's coming to the party on her own.
That's house, the red one. boyfriend's staying at home.
A they A His
B theirs B Hers
C their C Her

This one's hers, so that one must be The cat belongs to my wife but the dog is
4 9
. .
A him A mine
B he B hers
C his C my

5 Find the missing possessive pronoun: mine, 10 best friend lives in London so I
yours, his, hers, , yours, theirs. only see her about once every two years.
A we A Her
B our B My
C ours C Pumpkin brain

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 Possessive Adjective and Pronoun Exercise

Whose? Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

me  my house  it’s mine
you  your house  it’s yours
Isadora  her house  it’s hers
Ian  his house  it’s his
Fido the dog  its house  it’s its
you and me  our house  it’s ours
you and you  your house  it’s yours
Isadora and Ian  their house  it’s theirs

Circle the correct answer.

1 This is ............... new car. I bought it yesterday. 6 Ah. A photo of your family. Which one's ...............
A my sister?
B mine A your
C its B yours
C you

2 I'd like you to meet Rita. She's a great friend of 7 Michael's married.................wife is an accountant.
............... . A His
A our B Her
B us C Its
C ours

3 They live on the other side of the street. That's 8 Susan's coming to the party on her own. ...............
............... house, the red one. boyfriend's staying at home.
A they A His
B theirs B Hers
C their C Her

4 This one's hers, so that one must be ............... . 9 The cat belongs to my wife but the dog is
A him ............... .
B he A mine
C his B hers
C my

5 Find the missing possessive pronoun: mine, yours, 10best friend lives in London so I only see
his, hers, ............... , yours, theirs. her about once every two years.
A we A Her
B our B My
C ours
C
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