Showing Possession: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
It’s my house; It’s mine
FORM AND USE
Look at these sentences:
It’s my house.
The house belongs to me.
The house is mine.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
1 These are the possessive adjectives.
my – My shoes are brown.
your – Your car is yellow.
his – His sister is tall.
her – Her brother is very tall.
its – The dog wants its food.
our – Our vacation was great!
their – Their house is very cold.
2 We use a possessive adjective before a noun.
It’s my dog.
That’s her cat.
Those are your glasses.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
1 These are the possessive pronouns.
mine – Those jumpers are mine.
yours – These shirts are yours.
his – The blue bicycle is his.
hers – The red bicycle is hers.
ours – Those books are ours.
theirs – This restaurant is theirs.
Note:
We do not use a possessive pronoun for it.
1 We never put a noun after a possessive pronoun.
The dog is mine.
The cat is hers.
The glasses are yours.
2 A possessive pronoun (yours, mine, etc.) replaces a possessive adjective +
noun (your team, my job).
My team is better than yours.
(My team is better than your team.)
Her job is more interesting than mine.
(Her job is more interesting than my job.)
Note:
Do not confuse its and it’s: its is a possessive adjective; it’s = it is or it has.
Can you give the dog its food? It’s hungry.
BELONG TO
We use belong to + an object pronoun.
The dog belongs to me.
The cat belongs to her.
The glasses belong to you.
1 Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, you, his, her,
its, our or their).
Examples:
This bicycle belongs to me. This is my bicycle.
These pencils belong to you. These are your pencils.
1 That book belongs to her. That is .......... book.
2 This apartment belongs to them. This is .......... apartment.
3 This parrot belongs to me. This is .......... parrot.
4 These socks belong to him. These are .......... socks.
5 These shoes belong to me. Those are .......... shoes.
6 Those shirts belong to her. Those are .......... shirts.
7 That T-shirt belongs to my uncle. That’s .......... T-shirt.
8 That camera belongs to my wife. That’s .......... camera.
9 This dog belongs to my children. This is .......... dog.
10 That ball belongs to my dog. That’s .......... ball.
11 This money belongs to you. This is .......... money.
12 This car belongs to us. This is .......... car.
13 This park belongs to everyone. This is .......... park.
14 This motorcycle belongs to Mrs. Thompson. This is ..........
motorcycle.
15 Those magazines belong to her. Those are .......... magazines.
16 These glasses belong to me. They are .......... glasses.
17 Those books belong to my husband. They are .......... books.
18 This house belongs to my friends. This is .......... house.
19 That basket belongs to my cat. That is .......... basket.
20 This video belongs to her. This is .......... video.
2 Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.
1 I love fish. Fish is .......... favorite food.
2 I have a brother and sister. .......... brother lives in Canada
and .......... sister lives in California.
3 Jim’s a bus driver. He hates .......... job. He wants to be a film
star.
4 It’s .......... birthday. She’s 21 today.
5 We didn’t send you a postcard. We don’t know .......... address.
6 Do you take sugar in .......... tea?
7 My grandparents love .......... new house.
8 Eric is French and .......... wife is Brazilian.
9 Do you have .......... passport with you?
10 The twins have .......... birthday party in June.
11 She washes .......... hair every day.
12 I have .......... lunch at the office.
13 We buy .......... food at the supermarket. The food is cheaper
there.
14 They buy .......... food at the market. The people are nicer there.
15 I buy my fish from a fisherman. .......... fish is always fresh!
16 Go to my sister’s house and see .......... new furniture.
17 We always have .......... Christmas vacation in Switzerland.
18 We didn’t like .......... old sofa, so we changed .......... cover.
19 She has .......... breakfast in a café near .......... office.
20 Have you seen .......... comb? I can’t find it.
3 Replace the words
Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun (mine, yours,
his, hers, its, ours, yours or theirs).
Example:
Is that your cake or my cake?
Is that your cake or mine?
1 Is that your newspaper or my newspaper?
2 Shall we go in my car or your car?
3 Did you use my computer or her computer?
4 Is this his sandwich or your sandwich?
5 Is this our money or their money?
6 Shall we look at your photographs or our photographs?
7 Shall we have the party at our house or your house?
8 Is that our cat or their cat?
9 Is this your key or my key?
10 Is this her jumper or his jumper?
11 Shall we use my apartment or your apartment?
12 Is that his dog or her dog?
13 Did you borrow her coat or his coat?
14 Is this their umbrella or my umbrella?
15 Shall we stay at her house or their house?
4 Replace the words
Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun.
Example:
My dog is bigger than your dog.
My dog is bigger than yours.
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His camera is smaller than your camera.
Their garden is bigger than our garden.
Her pronunciation is better than my pronunciation.
My grammar is better than her grammar.
My jokes are better than his jokes.
Our kitchen is smaller than their kitchen.
His bedroom is tidier than her bedroom.
My train is slower than your train. That’s why I’m always late.
My parrot is more intelligent than your parrot. My parrot tells
jokes.
10 Your school is bigger than my school.
11 Her car is faster than his car.
12 My house is more expensive than their house.
13 His hair is longer than my hair.
14 Her mother is older than our mother.
15 My radio is louder than your radio.
5 Choose the correct form
Choose the correct form in brackets and underline it.
Examples:
I’m going to the cinema with (my / mine) friends tonight.
Shall we listen to your records or (my / mine)?
1 That’s a beautiful piano. Is it (your / yours)?
2 There’s a jumper on the chair. Is it (your / yours) or (my /
mine)?
3 (Her / Hers) bedroom is bigger than (our / ours).
4 (My / Mine) bag is heavier than (their / theirs).
5 There’s a pen on the table. Is it (our / ours) or (their / theirs)?
6 (My / mine) watch isn’t working today. Is (your / yours)?
7 (Their / theirs) house is next to (our / ours).
8 (Our / ours) house is next to (their / theirs).
9 (Our / ours) winters are colder than (your / yours).
10 (Our / ours) snowmen are happier than (your / yours)!
11 (Your / Yours) car is too slow, let’s take (my / mine).
12 Is that (her / hers) hat?