POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Possessive Pronouns

show who or what owns something.

Use my, your, her, our, and their before nouns.

• Is that your car?

• It was his cat.

• My wallet is the house.

• Is this our new grammar book?

Use mine, yours, hers, ours, and theirs alone.

• The cat is yours.

• The house is mine.

• These candies are theirs.

• The restaurant is ours.

His and its can be used before nouns and alone.

• He lost his ferret.

• The dog lost its collar.

• The collar is its.

• The ferret is his.

Multiple Choice

Lori´s idea

• our

• her

• its

• his

Multiple Choice

An owl´s eyes

• its

• their

• her

• my

Multiple Choice

Each ant colony has (its, their) own smell.

• its

• their

Multiple Choice

A female worker will help defend (her, she) home.

• her

• she

Multiple Choice

Dad and I love to have honey on Dad´s and my toast.

• his

• our

• yours

• ours

Multiple Choice

I washed my plate, and now you can wash the plate belonging to you.

• yours

• your

• my

• mine