Inglés I Mg.
Nancy León Pereyra
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 bluse is yellow.
his – His sister has high heel.
her – Her boots is very tall.
its – The dog wants its food.
our – Our shoes are great!
their – Their gloves is very hot.
2 We use a possessive adjective before a noun.
It’s my hat.
That’s her belt.
Those are your glasses.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
1 These are the possessive pronouns.
mine – Those sunglasses are mine.
yours – These shirts are yours.
his – The blue tie is his.
hers – The red coat is hers.
ours –Those mittens are ours.
theirs – This suit 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 his book.
2 This apartment belongs to them. This is his apartment.
3 This parrot belongs to me. This is my parrot.
4 These socks belong to him. These are your socks.
5 These shoes belong to me. Those are my shoes.
6 Those shirts belong to her. Those are his shirts.
7 That T-shirt belongs to my uncle. That’s his T-shirt.
8 That camera belongs to my wife. That’s his camera.
9 This dog belongs to my children. This is my dog.
10 That ball belongs to my dog. That’s my ball.
11 This money belongs to you. This is his money.
12 This car belongs to us. This is our car.
13 This park belongs to everyone. This is our park.
14 This motorcycle belongs to Mrs. Thompson. This is their
motorcycle.
15 Those magazines belong to her. Those are his magazines.
16 These glasses belong to me. They are his glasses.
17 Those books belong to my husband. They are her books.
18 This house belongs to my friends. This is her house.
19 That basket belongs to my cat. That is his basket.
20 This video belongs to her. This is her video.
2 Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.
1 I love fish. Fish is my favorite food.
2 I have a brother and sister. My brother lives in Canada and
my sister lives in California.
3 Jim’s a bus driver. He hates his job. He wants to be a film
star.
4 It’s his birthday. She’s 21 today.
5 We didn’t send you a postcard. We don’t know your address.
6 Do you take sugar in your tea?
7 My grandparents love their new house.
8 Eric is French and his wife is Brazilian.
9 Do you have you passport with you?
10 The twins have their birthday party in June.
11 She washes her hair every day.
12 I have your lunch at the office.
13 We buy your food at the supermarket. The food is cheaper
there.
14 They buy their food at the market. The people are nicer there.
15 I buy my fish from a fisherman. its fish is always fresh!
16 Go to my sister’s house and see her new furniture.
17 We always have our Christmas vacation in Switzerland.
18 We didn’t like the old sofa, so we changed its cover.
19 She has her breakfast in a café near her office.
20 Have you seen your 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?
-Is that your newspaper or mine?
2 Shall we go in my car or your car?
-Are we going to go in my car or yours?
3 Did you use my computer or her computer?
-Did you use my computer or yours?
4 Is this his sandwich or your sandwich?
-Is this your sandwich or yours?
5 Is this our money or their money?
-Is this our money or yours?
6 Shall we look at your photographs or our photographs?
-Will we see your photographs or mine?
7 Shall we have the party at our house or your house?
-Will we have the party in our house or yours?
8 Is that our cat or their cat?
-Is that our cat or yours?
9 Is this your key or my key?
-Is this your key or mine?
10 Is this her jumper or his jumper?
- Is this your sweater or yours?
11 Shall we use my apartment or your apartment?
- Will we use my apartment or yours?
12 Is that his dog or her dog?
- Is that your dog or theirs?
13 Did you borrow her coat or his coat?
- Did you lend him his coat or his coat?
14 Is this their umbrella or my umbrella?
Is this your umbrella or mine?
15 Shall we stay at her house or their house?
-Will we stay in their house or theirs?
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.
1 His camera is smaller than your camera.
- Your camera is smaller than yours.
2 Their garden is bigger than our garden.
- His garden is bigger than ours.
3 Her pronunciation is better than my pronunciation.
- Your pronunciation is better than mine.
4 My grammar is better than her grammar.
- My grammar is better than yours.
5 My jokes are better than his jokes.
- My jokes are better than yours.
6 Our kitchen is smaller than their kitchen.
- Our kitchen is smaller than yours.
7 His bedroom is tidier than her bedroom.
- Your room is neater than your bedroom.
8 My train is slower than your train. That’s why I’m always late.
- My train is slower than yours. That's why I'm always late.
9 My parrot is more intelligent than your parrot. My parrot tells
jokes.
- My parrot is smarter than yours. My parrot tells jokes.
10 Your school is bigger than my school.
-- Your school is bigger than mine
11 Her car is faster than his car.
- Your car is faster than yours.
12 My house is more expensive than their house.
- My house is more expensive than yours.
13 His hair is longer than my hair.
- His hair is longer than mine.
14 Her mother is older than our mother.
- His mother is older than ours.
15 My radio is louder than your radio.
-My radio is stronger than yours.
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
