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"On the Meadow" by Mary Cassatt, 1880
A possessive pronoun represents both the person possessing something and the thing he/she possesses.
Example:
Whose ring is this?
This ring is mine. (in other words, "This is my ring.")
1. I don't think this classroom is choose him. ours. our. us. We must go to a different one. answer ours.
2. You should finish your vegetables. I finished choose my. mine. your. yours. answer mine.
3. These boxes have Jack's and Susan's names on them, so they must be choose they. ours. theirs. theres. answer theirs.
4. Tom's cell phone is at home, so this one couldn't be choose mine. his. ours. him. answer his.
5. No, no, those aren't our children. choose
MyOurs Our Us's are at school right now. answer Ours
6. They know that dog's name very well because it's choose his. hers. our. theirs. answer theirs.
7. Our package was delivered today. choose They Ours Theirs He will be delivered tomorrow. answer Theirs
8. You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, but please remember that it's not choose mine. yours. your. you. answer yours.
9. Which car should we drive to Sacramento, yours or choose yours? our? mine? they're? answer mine?
10. Alan and Ana both have cars. Which of those three cars is choose him? he's? our? his? Is it the red one on the corner? answer his?
11. No, no. The red one on the corner is choose your. our. hers. her. answer hers.
12. I'm using my ladder, but you should talk to Jeff. I'm sure he'll be happy to lend you choose yours. mine. his. she's. answer his.
13. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have a vacant apartment. Why don't you see if you can rent choose yours? their? theirs? them? answer theirs?
14. Dave is at his computer right now, but Maria isn't. You may be able to use choose yours. his. hers. her. answer hers.
15. Dorothy and I will be feeding the neighbor's cat. We could also feed choose theirs. yours. it. her. answer yours.
16. This magazine probably belongs to Evan and Rachel. It certainly isn't choose ours. our. theirs. my. answer ours.
17. We're using our lawn mower right now. But the neighbors have one also. You should see if you can borrow choose ours. yours. you. theirs. answer theirs.
18. My watch is more accurate than Ruth's watch. Or, do you think choose your mine hers she's is more accurate? answer hers
19. Jason's piano has a better sound than the school's piano. Or, would you rather play choose theirs? its? you're? their? answer theirs?
20. I found my wallet, but Louise is still looking for choose mine. yours. hers. she's. answer hers.
21. Whose note book is this? I found it yesterday. Is it choose you're, his, yours, he's, Jim? answer yours,
22. Fred and Alice have completed their homework, but Maria hasn't completed
choose theirs. its. yours. hers. answer hers.
23. I don't have my ticket and Mr. and Mrs. Steven don't have choose theirs, yours, their, they're, either. answer theirs,
24. All of those babies are beautiful, but which one of them is choose theirs? ours? his? our? Your baby is the one with the biggest smile. answer ours?
25. If you can't borrow Judy's cell phone, you're welcome to use choose my. me. mine. I'm. answer mine.
In the following video, you can review the difference between the possessive adjective and the possessive pronoun.
"Woman with Bouquet" Mark Chagall, 1910
Please choose the correct possessive adjective from the first drop down menu. Check your answer with the drop down menu after the end of the sentence.
1. Steven has to take choose her him
his your car to the repair shop today. answer his
2. Maria and David are planning to have choose they their
your ours wedding in July. answer
their
3. Are you and your brothers and sisters going to work at choose their they your ours father's store this year? answer your
4. Whose dog is this? Is it yours? No. It isn't choose
mine I ours our dog. answer our
5. We are going to visit choose mine we's
our they relatives in New York. answer our
6. Does Marvin do choose his him
he's your laundry every Monday? answer his
7. Are you going to meet choose you their
mine your parents at the airport tonight? answer your What time does choose
your they their there plane arrive? answer their
8. Nancy and I are having a party at choose her you
our their house to celebrate Mother's Day. answer our
9. David has a new back pack. choose Her Him
His Your new back pack can hold a lot of things. answer His
10. Mario and Wilma are in high school. choose They Your
Their Our older brother goes to college. answer Their
11. My family has a back yard. choose His Our
Their Mine back yard has a lot of flowers. answer Our
12. Judy is wearing a very pretty dress. choose Her She's
Hers Your dress is blue and red. answer Her
13. The teacher asked the students not to use choose
ourtheir they we're cell phones in class. answer their
14. Ms. Lopez showed us choose her ours
hers your new bracelet today. answer her
15. Edgar wasn't in class today because choose our his
he's your mother took him to the dentist. answer his
16. I have two younger sisters. choose They Their
My She's names are Silvia and Angela. answer Their
17. Amy and Jake took choose they your
her their little sister to school today. answer their
18. This isn't choose his my
mine I'm wallet. I don't have these credit cards. answer my
19. What happened? My car is missing two of choose
his it's its your tires. answer its
20. Is that choose our you
your their car? No, the one next to it is mine. answer your
21. Mary's husband had to stay home because they didn't have a babysitter to take care of choose her his their he's children. answer their
22. This website belongs to us. It's choose her their
my our website. answer our
23. You must not park choose her my
your you car next to a fire hydrant. answer your
24. We should give this umbrella back to Maria because it's choose her our its your umbrella. answer her
25. Robert is married. choose Her He's
His Your wife is an accountant. answer His
26. Janet is coming to the party by herself. choose His He's Your Her boyfriend can't come because he's sick. answer Her
27. That's choose his mine
myours laptop computer. I bought it yesterday. answer my
28. They live on the other side of the street. That's choose her their theirs my house, the large green one. answer their
29. That's a very nice family photo. Is choose you your
our yours sister Helen the one wearing the yellow dress? answer your
30. If you're confused, you should read the grammar book. choose His It's Its Mine explanations are easy to understand. answer Its
"Pilgrimage" Salvador Dali, 1921
Please choose the correct object pronoun from the first drop down menu. The second drop down menu contains the answer.
1. We gave choose he his him them a new cell phone for his birthday. answer him
2. It was their anniversary, so we took choose they him them us out for dinner. answer them
3. Jessica is an excellent but inexperienced worker. Should we hire choose she his her hers ? answer her
4. Your car won't start, but don't worry. We can fix choose it us its them
answer it
5. The students need extra help, but we have a tutor who can help choose him them they his answer them
6. Jim Jensen is one of the best plumbers in town. Let's call choose he them him they
right away. answer him
7. Sylvia likes flowers, so I'm going to give choose she they her them a flower vase. answer her
8. We would like choose you his hers its to be here early tomorrow. Is it possible? answer you
9. The players on our team practice every day. We need to encourage choose they it them you
a lot. answer them
10. Do you have a hammer? No, I don't. Ask Steve. He might have choose it. one. him. them. answer one
11. Their retirement party was very nice. Their daughter gave choose it her them they
tickets for the symphony. answer them
12. When you're finished with the tools, please put choose you them it one
away. answer them
13. I'm looking for a good, inexpensive English class. Do you know where I can find choose it? me? one? them? answer one?
13. If you don't need those books anymore, please return them to choose our. mine. it. us. answer us
14. These chairs aren't comfortable enough. We need better choose them. us. ones. it.
answer ones.
15. Oh, my God! All these library books are overdue! I forgot to take choose they ones them me back to the library. answer them
16. The cats are very hungry. We should feed choose her him them us right away. answer them
17. Are there any good Italian restaurants in this town? Yes, you'll find a good choose ones them one it on Twenty-fourth Street. answer one
18. The boss really needs choose him you us
our to work overtime today, but we're very tired. answer us
19. You should keep the good paper bags, and throw the torn choose them ones it they
in the recycle bin. answer ones
20. The corks in these wine bottles are stuck. I can't pull choose it ones them its
out. answer them
21. Bob and Mary are getting married soon. What should we give choose they her it them
for a wedding present? answer them
22. Watch out! That floor is very wet and slippery. We just mopped it. Don't walk on choose one it you us right now. answer it
23. If you're finished reading those newspapers, I'd like to borrow choose it their one they if you don't mind. answer one
24. Steve asked Judith to go out on a date, but she doesn't like choose it her him one
very much. answer him
25. We trusted our state senators a lot, but unfortunately, they lied to choose me us them our
about the education budget. answer us
26. Your exam scores are very high. I'm quite pleased with choose your. it. them. ones.
answer them
27. I haven't seen Jennifer in a long time. Have you? Yes, as a matter of fact, I saw choose her me you they yesterday. answer her
28. Before she dropped her kids off at school, she kissed both of choose us. him. them. ones. answer them
29. The teacher lent pencils to me and choose me. his. they. her. answer her.
30. Mary is going to the movies with choose they us
hers we this evening. answer us