Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

ACTIVITY 1

1. ________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow ________?

(mine, my, yours, your)

2. Junko has eaten her lunch already, but I'm saving ________ until later.

(mine, my, hers, her)

3. These grammar books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but
________ has only 275.

(mine, my, yours, your)

4. ________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.

  (mine, my, yours, your)

5. Jody has lost ________ book.

  (mine, her, hers, their)

6. We gave them ________ telephone number, and they gave us

________.

(our, ours, their, theirs)

7. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________!

 (your, its, her, mine)

8. My telephone is out of order, but ________ is working.

(our, your, their, his)

9. Was ________ grammar book expensive? (you, yours, your)

10.This bird has broken ________ wing. (its, hers, his, your)
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ACTIVITY 2

The Mysterious Volkswagen

Last week, we had a party at _________ house. Many people came, and there
were lots of cars parked outside. At the end of the party, only three people were
left: myself, Eric, and Cathy. However, there were four cars. One of them was a
Volkswagen. I didn't remember seeing it before, so I asked whose it was.

Eric said it wasn't _______ car. _______ car is a Chevrolet pickup. When I asked

Cathy if it was __________, she said no ________ car is a Ford Explorer. I knew it
wasn't ______ car, of course. Finally, I called the police, and they came and
examined it. They said it belonged to a family on the next street. Someone stole
it from ________ street and left it on _______ street.

ACTIVITY 3

In this exercise, you will change the possessive adjective to a possessive pronoun,
OR you will change the possessive pronoun to a possessive adjective.
For example, you should change "This is his car." into "This car is his."

1. This was their house. ________________________________________

2. This was your plane. ________________________________________

3. These are my pens. _________________________________________

4. Are those his shoes? ________________________________________?

5. Will this be my desk? ________________________________________

6. Is this your suitcase? _________________________________________

7. This will be your room. _______________________________________

8. Is this our bus? _____________________________________________

ACTIVITY 4

1. Is this cup (your / yours)?

2. The coffee is (my / mine).
3. That coat is (my / mine).
4. He lives in (her / hers) house.
5. You might want (your / yours) phone.
6. The new car is (their / theirs).
7. She cooked (our / ours) food.
8. Don’t stand on (my / mine) foot!
9. She gave him (her / hers) suitcase.
10. I met (their / theirs) mother.
11. Is this (their / theirs) coffee?
12. Is the flat (her / hers)?
13. The grey scarf is (my / mine).
14. That red bike is (our / ours).
15. We should take (our / ours) coats.
16. That is (my / mine) car.
17. He dropped (my / mine) bag.
18. Are these phones (their / theirs)?
19. These cakes are (our / ours)!
20. Are those children (your / yours)?
ACTIVITY 5

1. ________________(My/Mine) brother planted a beautiful apricot tree in

________________(our/ours) front yard.
2. Annalisa finished _____________ (her/hers) homework early, but Julissa did not do
_______________(her/hers) until later.
3. The little boy who lives next door played with _____________(him/his) toys.
4. The furniture belongs to my mother. It is _________________(her/hers).
5. _________________(Our/Ours) family enjoys spending time together.
6. Jenny’s dad trimmed the branches off the tree. It looked bare without all of
__________________ (it/its) branches.
7. You must remember to clean _______________(your/yours) room before you go to
the party.
8. Mr. and Mrs. Rochester bought a plant for ________________ (their/theirs) house.
9. The bicycle over there is ____________(him/his), but this one right here is
_______________________ (my/mine).
10. Angela likes to wear _________________ (her/hers) hair long, while Peggy prefers
to wear ________________(her/hers) short.