JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY – WORKSHOP ON POSSESSIVE AND ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS – ENGLISH LEVEL ONE

Possessive and Adjective Pronouns

Choose the right answer.

1. That policeman is a friend of ___________ (mine, my, me) 2. Honey, I have lost _______________ keys. (mine, my, me) 3. It is
easy to lose ______________ temper when one is criticized. (ones, one’s, once) 4. The cat is in a good mood. It’s just had
__________ breakfast. (its, it’s, it is) 5. He watched each gesture of __________ as if she was a stranger. (her. hers, her’s) 6. My
work is no business of _______________. (your, yours, your’s) 7. The teacher told the children to open _____________ books.
(they, their, theirs) 8. How is that cousin of __________? (your, yours, you) 9. A friend of ____________ has invited me to France.
(me, my, mine) 10. Jane broke __________ leg mountain climbing. (hers, her, her’s)

1. Whose bike is this? Is it really _________? (him / his)

2. Is he ____________ teacher? (your/ yours)
3. Hey Ron! This is not __________ car.  (our / ours) __________ is red. (our /ours)
4. Lisa broke ___________left leg.(her / hers)
5. This is __________ (our /ours) house, where is __________? (their /theirs)
6. Is this Emily's room? – Yes, it’s __________. (hers /her)
7. I lost _________ (my /mine) pen in the library. Can I have one of __________? (yours /your)
8. Stop! – These sweets are all ____________. (My / mine)
9. Did you forget to do _________ (your /yours) homework yesterday? – No I didn't. I did ___________ homework. (my
/mine)
10. Are these really _______ (you /your) shoes? – Yes, these are _______ (mine /my) shoes. They are not _______. (you
/yours)

Fill in (mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs)

1. a. Is this my book? b. No, it’s __________. Yours is over there on the desk.

2. a. Do you really think it was fault? b. Yes, of course it was ___________.

3. a. is this our neighbors’ dog digging in the garden? b. Yes, it is ___________.

4. a. Who left the mobile phone on the shelf? b. Is it my brother’s? b. Yes, I’m sure it’s _________.

5. a. Is this my glass? b. No, it’s not __________. It’s mine.

6. a. Those are your kids’ bikes, aren’t they? b. Yes, they are. They are __________.

7. a. Whose sunglasses are these? b. They are ________. I was looking for them for some time.

PERSONAL POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE OBJECT

PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
They normally go They normally They normally go They normally
before a verb come before a before verb to be come before a
noun preposition or a
verb
I MY MINE ME
YOU YOUR YOURS YOU
SHE HER HERS HER
HE HIS HIS HIM
IT ITS ITS IT
WE OUR OURS US
THEY THEIR THEIRS THEM