Possessive adjectives and pronouns

Possessive adjectives and pronouns

What is a possessive adjective ?

They indicate the POSSESSION of an object or an animal or person and refer to the SUBJECT speaking

I ride MY bicycle

You wear YOUR shoes

She reads HER book

He does HIS homework

The cat lick ITS fur

We play with OUR ball

You talk to YOUR parents

They go out with THEIR friends

They are ALWAYS followed by the possessed object - There MUST be a noun after them

The third person singular (HE - SHE - IT ) determins the possessive adjective, which is not linked to the object possessed, BUT to the person possessing

• SHE --------> HER car

• HE ---------->HIS dog

• IT -----------> ITS fur

Multiple Choice

Sara goes to school with ..... bicycle

• its

• his

• her

• hers

• it

Multiple Choice

The doctor gives the right medicines to ....... patients

• our

• their

• him

• his

• it

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My aunt went to Panama with ....... husband

• its

• his

• her

• hers

• your

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Paul's uncle came to pick him up at school with ...... new car

• my

• your

• his

• her

• its

Multiple Choice

My classmates are at home with ......... parents now

• their

• my

• your

• her

• his

Multiple Choice

My brother and I have a lot of book in ....... bedroom

• my

• your

• his

• their

• our

Possessive pronouns

What are they?

Possessive pronouns are related to the person who own the object/animal

• I -----------------> MINE

• you ------------> YOURS

• SHE ------------> HERS

• HE--------------> HIS

• WE--------------> OURS

• THEY-----------> THEIRS

NOTHING FOLLOWS A POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

This book is MINE.

Possessive pronouns

are used to express the BELONGING of something to a person or an animal.

They are used INSTEAD of nouns, to AVOID repetitions

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

are NEVER followed by a noun

— “It is not her sandwich, it’s mine.” = Mine replaces another element in the sentence (sandwich).

♦ “It is not her sandwich, it’s my sandwich.” = Her and my describe another element in the sentence (they are possessive adjectives).

Multiple Choice

We bought that house last year. It is _____.

• my

• mine

• yours

• ours

• theirs

Multiple Choice

This car belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It is _____.

• his

• hers

• theirs

• ours

• yours

Multiple Choice

I think I saw John drop his pen. I think it is _____.

• mine

• yours

• his

• hers

• ours

Multiple Choice

This book is ______. It has my name on it.

• my

• mine

• its

• his

Multiple Choice

Excuse me. This phone is_____. You forgot to take it with you.

• his

• yours

• hers

• ours

Multiple Choice

Her little sister drew the picture. It's _____.

• mine

• his

• hers

• theirs

Multiple Choice

The little boy shouted, "Give the ball to me! It's _____!"

• mine

• his

• hers

• yours

Multiple Choice

That's ______. We bout it last night at the department store.

• mine

• yours

• ours

• theirs

Multiple Choice

The bicycles were ______, so they rode them home after school.

• mine

• hers

• theirs

• ours

• yours