Possessive Adjectives vs.

Possessive Pronouns

Whose? Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

me My house It is mine
you Your house It is yours
Isadora Her house It is hers
Ian His house It is his
Fido the dog Its house It is its
You and me Our house It is ours
You and you Your house It is yours
Isadora and Ian Their house It is theirs

A: Rewrite the sentence and replace the noun that is underlined with a possessive pronoun.
1. Look at the toy’s hat. _______________________________________________
2. Let’s go to Paul’s house. ______________________________________________
3. That game is my family’s. _____________________________________________
4. Is that Susan and Ted’s house? _________________________________________
5. I want to see Mary’s dress. ____________________________________________

B: choose the right word

1. It’s their / theirs problem, not our / ours.
2. This is a nice camera. Is it your / yours?
3. That’s not my / mine umbrella. My / mine is black.
4. Whose books are these? Your / yours or my /mine?
5. Catherine is going out with her / hers friends this evening.
6. My / mine room is bigger than her / hers.
7. They have got two children but I don’t know their / theirs names.
8. Can we use your washing machine? Our / ours is broken.

POSSESIVE CASE
C: Rewrite the sentences with a possessive adjective.
1. Tom’s brother is a lawyer. _____________________________________________
2. Mary’s husband is a mechanic. _____________________________________________
3. My dog’s name is Pascal. ______________________________________________
4. What is Kate’s address? ______________________________________________
5. Mr. And Mrs. Smith are Liz and John’s parents. _____________________________

D: Rewrite the possessive adjectives in possessive form’-s’.

Example: her doll (Moly) / Moly’s doll

1. Her office (Mary) ___________________________________________________

2. His hair (Tim) ___________________________________________________
3. Their rabbit (Anna and Bob ) _________________________________________
4. His school (Arthur) ___________________________________________________
5. His teeth (George) ___________________________________________________

Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone or something.

If the shoes belong to me, they are my shoes. They are mine.

If the car belongs to you, it is your car. It is yours.

If the books belong to her, they are her books. They are hers.

If the pencil belongs to him, it is his pencil. It is his.

If the leaf belongs to the plant (it), it is its.

If the food belongs to us, it is our food. It is ours.

If the house belongs to them, it is their house. It is theirs.

Choose the possessive pronouns that best complete each sentence.

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.