POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS
DO YOU HAVE A DIARY?
READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT
My Diary
I have a new diary. It soon becomes my favourite thing. I like writing about my
days in the diary.
The diary has a blue cover. Blue is my favourite colour. There are a hundred
pages inside the diary. The pages are in different colour. Each pages has a washed-
out background. The backgrounds are the pictures of the super leagues heroes.
Another special thing about my new diary is that it has a lock to keep the diary a
secret.
On the first page, there is a beautiful poem. The poet tells about the importance
of keeping memories. It says “bad memories are to learn and good memories are to
entertain”. I love the poem. It encourages me to keep a diary. By doing so, I believe I
can improve my English.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BASED ON THE TEXT
1. What is the colour of the writer’s diary?
2. Why does the writer like the dairy?
3. How many pages does the diary have?
4. What are the pages like?
5. What picture is on each page?
6. What makes the diary a secret?
7. Who says that keeping memories is important?
8. How does the writer improve her English with the diary?
ASKING FOR AN OBJECT’S OWNER
1. Whose + noun + be + pronoun + ?
Example:
A. Whose book is it? It’s mine.
B. Whose bags are they? They are ours.
C. Whose cat is it? It’s hers/ It’s his.
2. Who + do/does + subject + belong to + ?
Example:
A. Who does the book belong to? It’s mine.
B. Who do the bags belong to? They’re ours.
C. Who does the cat belong to? It’s hers/It’s his.
LET’S SEE THIS TABLE BELOW
Subject Pronoun Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns
I my mine
we our ours
you your yours
he his his
she her hers
they their theirs
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.
1. It’s my house. This house is mine.
2. It’s your classroom. This classroom is yours.
3. It’s our office. This office is ours.
4. Those are her shoes. Those shoes are hers.
5. It’s their car. This car is theirs.
6. Those are your rackets. Those rackets are yours.
7. Those are my dogs. Those dogs are mine.
8. It’s his jacket. This jacket is his.
9. Look at the cat. Is it yours ?
10. These pens are not mine . I didn’t bring my pens.
1. It’s their room, not ours.
2. This is a beautiful picture. Is it yours?
3. That is not my shirt. mine is black.
4. Whose bags are these? yours or mine
5. Susie is driving her car.
6. My radio is bigger than hers.
7. They have two cats, but I don’t know their name.
8. A: Can we use your phone? B: Sorry, that’s not mine
9. This book belongs to Mary. It’s hers.
10. This pencil belongs to Tom. It’s his.
USING ‘ONE’ AND ‘ONES’ TO SUBTITUTES NOUNS
Pay attention to the words one and ones in the dialogue.
Dialogue 1
Customer: Excuse me, I don't like this watch. Can I see another one?
Shopkeeper: Sure, This one is the newest. What do you think?
Customer: It looks nice. How much is it?
Dialogue 2
Shopkeeper: These are the shoes that you have been asking. Please take a look.
Customer: Those are exactly the ones that I've been looking for. I'll take them.
One= singular noun
Ones= plural nouns
We have 2 apples the colours are red and green, but I like the green one.
LET’S COMPLETE IT WITH ‘ONE’ AND ‘ONES’
1. This bag is very old. I need a new one.
2. Small pineapples are sweeter than big ones.
3. The new smartphones are much faster than the old ones.
4. Which is your car, the black one or the white one ?
5. She needs new shoes, the old ones are too small.
6. If you buy two bottles of water, you get a third one free.
7. These dresses are expensive. Are there any cheap ones ?
8. Jack has three pens – a red one and two green ones
9. I would like to have a cupcake – the red one looks great.
10. I would like to have some cupcakes – the green ones look great.
