Homework 2 possession

Exercise I

Sorting the laundry = сортирање/разделување на алишта

bought Купи, купува (минато време од глаголот buy )

The Brown family are sorting the laundry. Sarah is looking at some t.-shirts. Fill the gaps in
these sentences with a possessive pronoun.
Dad: Which t.-shirt is yours, Jane? The red one or the blue one?
Jane: The blue one is (a) ………….. It belongs to me.
Mark: No! Dad bought me a new t-shirt on Saturday. The blue one!
Dad: You’re wrong, Mark. I bought you a green one. The green one is (b)……………. .
Mark: Oh sorry, you’re right. The green one is (c) ……………..
Jane: So the green t-.shirt is (d)………………. , Mark, and the blue t-.shirt is (e) ………. What
about this red one?
Dad: That red one belongs to Mum. It’s (f) ……………..
Mark: What about these two white ones? One is a large and one is a medium.
Dad: Those white t-.shirts belong to Mum and me. They are (g) ……………..

Exercise II

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

2. I don't like _____________________ (their/theirs) apartment.
3. That's not my problem. It's _____________________ (yours/your).
4. Your car is green, while _____________________ (my/mine) is black.
5. Isn't _____________________ (their/theirs) son older than you?
6. A friend of _____________________ (our/ours) called.
7. A friend of _____________________ (her/hers) brother's called.
8. He's _____________________ (our/ours) doctor.
9. That's _____________________ (our/ours) house, not theirs.
10. Is he a friend of _____________________ (your/yours)?
 Exercise III

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.

1. This book is (you) ……………………..

2. The ball is (I) …………………….
3. The blue car is (we) ……………………...
4. The ring is (she) ……………………...
5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is (they) …………………….
6. The luggage is (he) …………………….. luggage - багаж
7. The pictures are (she) …………………...
8. In our garden is a bird. The nest is (it) …………………..
9. This cat is (we) ………………….
10. This was not my fault. It was (you) …………….. (fault = грешка, кривица)

Test your knowledge of the possessive forms of personal pronouns with this simple exercise.

1. This is my pen. Where is …………………………………….? Your / yours

2. This property is mine. Have you got any properties of …………………………………. own?
Your/ yours

3. My car goes really fast. What about …………………………………..? Your /yours

4. Is he not a friend of ………………………………? Your/ yours

5. A cousin of ………………………………… works abroad. My/me/ mine (works abroad =

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6. Once I lent him a book of …………………………………. and never got it back. My/ mine
(let = позајмува, дозволува да земе);

7. She got the National Award for a painting of ………………………………….. Her/ hers

8. A neighbor of ………………………………….. has filed a suit against us. Our/ ours

(neighbor = сосед) (filed a suit = поднесува тужба) нека не те буни што suit е одело, бидејќи
filed a suit е фраза.