1. POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE
DETERMINERS PRONOUNS
my mine
your yours
his his
her hers
its its
our ours
your yours
their theirs
Complete each sentence with a possessive Change each sentence so that it uses a
determiner. possessive pronoun. Follow the example.
a) Mary and __________ family live near me.
E.g. That is their house. → That house is theirs.
b) Mark is eight but __________ sister is twelve.
a) This is her book. ___________________________
c) My daughter is thirteen years old but __________
b) That is our car. _____________________________
son is ten.
c) This is your pen. ____________________________
d) We are from Portugal but __________ parent are
from France. d) This is my cat. ______________________________
e) They live in the city. __________ flat isn´t very big. e) This is his bike. ____________________________
f) They´ve got a garden. __________ flowers are f) That is her pen. ____________________________
beautiful.
Choose the right word. Complete the sentences with the correct
possessive.
a) Is this pen my/ mine or your / yours?
a) Lucy always obeys ________ teachers.
b) I didn´t have an umbrella, so my mother gave
me her/hers. b) I always obey ________ parents.
c) That´s not my/mine car. My /Mine is black. c) My father left ________ keys in the office.
d) Our/ Ours house is bigger than your/yours. d) Where did Mark leave ________ bike?
e) They´ve got two cats but I don´t know their/ e) They live here. ________ house is big.
theirs names.
f) We are twins. ________ parents are from
f) Tim has got a big flat. Its/ It´s windows face Italy.
the north.
g) The garage is very big and ________ walls are
g) I´ve got two sisters. Their/theirs bicycles are
over there. are full of tools.