The document provides examples to practice the difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It contains two sections:
Section I gives examples replacing personal pronouns with possessive adjectives. Section II presents sentences where the reader must identify whether a possessive adjective or possessive pronoun is needed. It focuses on the possessive forms of the pronouns for first, second, third person singular and plural (my/mine, your/yours, his/her/hers/its/their/theirs, our/ours).
The document provides examples to practice the difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It contains two sections:
Section I gives examples replacing personal pronouns with possessive adjectives. Section II presents sentences where the reader must identify whether a possessive adjective or possessive pronoun is needed. It focuses on the possessive forms of the pronouns for first, second, third person singular and plural (my/mine, your/yours, his/her/hers/its/their/theirs, our/ours).
The document provides examples to practice the difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It contains two sections:
Section I gives examples replacing personal pronouns with possessive adjectives. Section II presents sentences where the reader must identify whether a possessive adjective or possessive pronoun is needed. It focuses on the possessive forms of the pronouns for first, second, third person singular and plural (my/mine, your/yours, his/her/hers/its/their/theirs, our/ours).
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives. 1. Where are (you) __your____ friends now? 2. Here is a postcard from (I) _____my_ friend Dees. 3. She lives in England now with (she) ____her__ family. 4. (He) ___his___ company builds websites. 5. Joanie is (John and Nancy) ___their___ daughter. 6. Our names are Kathy and Robin. This is (Kathy and Robin)___our_ mother. 7. Jeremy and Valerie are (Tim and Carey) ___their__ parents. 8. Tony is (Mary) __her__ grandson. 9. My name is Annie. This is (Annie) ____my_ father. 10. (Alex) ____his_ name is Alex. 11. Your name is Greg. They are (Grey) _your____ parents.
II. POSSESSIVE PRONOUN or POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE?
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 ______________your_______ (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. He's __________our________ (our/ours) doctor. 8. That's _______our______________ (our/ours) house, not theirs. 9. Is he a friend of __________yours___________ (your/yours)?