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Grammar Worksheet

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

A1–A2 my/mine, your/yours, his/his
Explanation

Use possessive adjectives before a noun: my book, her phone, their house.

Use possessive pronouns without a noun: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

Do not use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns.

Form
PersonPossessive adjectivePossessive pronoun
Imy bagmine
youyour bagyours
he / she / ithis / her / its baghis / hers / –
we / theyour / their bagsours / theirs

Adjective + noun: This is my pen.

Pronoun alone: This pen is mine.

Examples
  1. Is this your coat?
  2. No, it is not mine.
  3. That is her desk.
  4. The blue folder is hers.
  5. Our classroom is upstairs.
  6. This table is ours.
  7. Their car is outside.
  8. The black bags are theirs.
Common Mistakes
Exercises
1 Choose the correct form

Choose the correct possessive form.

  1. This is my / mine dictionary.
  2. The red jacket is her / hers.
  3. Our / Ours teacher is very patient.
  4. Is that phone your / yours?
  5. Their / Theirs children go to this school.
2 Complete the sentences

Complete with a possessive adjective or pronoun.

This is Ana. This is _____ bag.  →  her

  1. I have a new bike. This bike is .
  2. We live here. This is house.
  3. They left their books. These books are .
  4. You forgot keys.
  5. He has a dog. That dog is .
3 Correct the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake.

  1. This is yours seat.
  2. The green bag is her.
  3. Mine brother is 15.
  4. That is their, not ours.
4 Rewrite without the noun

Rewrite using a possessive pronoun.

It is my book.  →  It is mine.

  1. It is her phone.
  2. They are our chairs.
  3. It is your mistake.
  4. They are their coats.
5 Classroom objects

Write four sentences about objects in the room.

  1. This is ...
  2. That is ...
  3. These are ...
  4. Those are ...
Speaking Activity

Point to objects and ask who they belong to.

Answer with my/mine, your/yours, his/hers, ours/theirs.