Possessive and Indefinite Pronouns

In the following sentence, which word is the possessive pronoun?

When the oven is done cooking, its timer goes off.

• is

• oven

• goes

• its

Which is NOT an example of a possessive pronoun?

• it's

• its

• his

• her

Which sentence is written with the correct pronoun?

• His shoes are just the right size.

• Mine cats are making lots of purring noises.

• The ice cream sundae is her.

• I love to ride its bike.

Identify the possessive pronoun in the following sentence. That pretty coffee mug is from one of my students.

• students

• pretty

• my

• that

What is the noun in the sentence that the pronoun is showing possession of?

• likes

• dog

• bones

• his

My brother lives in Berlin with ____ friends.

• their

• his

• her

• he

• she

My parents’ house is very big, but ____ garden is small.

• its

• his

• her

• my

• their

What type of pronoun in the underlined word?Ms. Rakesh loves to visit her niece on the weekends.

• Interrogative Pronoun

• Personal Pronoun

• Possessive Pronoun

• Indefinite Pronoun

Some examples of POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS are:

• Myself, itself, herself, themselves

• I, me, he, she, they

• Anything, something, someone, everyone

• Mine, hers, his, theirs

Which word is the POSSESSIVE pronoun in the sentence below: I really loved your dress last night!

• dress

• loved

• your

• last night