This document discusses possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in English. It provides examples of how to use possessive adjectives before nouns like "my pen" and "your pencil" to indicate ownership. It also explains how to use possessive pronouns like "mine", "yours", and "theirs" without stating the noun, when the noun is understood from context. The document includes exercises for learners to practice replacing possessive adjectives and nouns with the correct possessive pronouns in different sentences.

1. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
My 1. Substitute the underlined words with possessive adjectives.
We use a possessive adjective before a
Your noun to say who the noun belongs to
His Example: John´s knee hurts. His knee hurts.
Her pen.
Example:
Its a) My parents´ friend is worried. ______________________
Our b) Mary´s father speaks Russian. ______________________
Your Where is your pencil?
c) Tim´s cousins go to my school. _____________________
Their
d) Jim and Sam´s favourite team is Benfica. _____________
Possessive adjectives always agree with the possessor. 2. Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.
E.g.: My house is big.
The third person singular distinguish masculine, feminine and neutral. Example: This is my pen. This pen is mine.
E.g.: His mother is a doctor; Her father is a teacher; This tree is big
but its leaves are small. a) Is that your pencil? _______________________________
Common errors: It´s instead of its. It´s eyes are yellow. b) These are your books. _____________________________
The use of your when we mean his or her. c) That is her bike. _________________________________
d) This is my ring. __________________________________
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
3. Complete as the example:. 4. Answer the questions, using
We use a possessive pronoun without mine.
the possessive pronoun that
a noun, when the noun is understood. yours.
Example: corresponds to the personal
his.
pronoun in brackets.
Example: hers.
This isn´t my book. The book isn´t
The pen is its.
mine. a) Is that Mark´s dog?
Is this Mark´s pen? ours.
yours. No, ____________ (I)
a) This isn´t our car.
No, it´s mine- (= my pen.) theirs. b) Is this my rubber?
_________________________
b) It´s her bag . No, _____________(she)
The possessive pronoun substitutes the possessive adjective + the c) Is that your pencil?
_________________________
noun. No, _____________ ( they)
c) It´s my father's newspaper.
E.g.: These are (my books) mine.
_________________________ d) Is this our ball?
The structure noun + of mine / yours, etc., is used with the meaning of`”
_ No, _____________( you)
one among others”
d) That isn´t my pen
E.g.: Mary is friend of ours.
_________________________
Common error: That book is my.
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2. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
My We use a possessive adjective before a noun to say who the
Your noun belongs to
His
Her pen. Example:
Its
Our Where is your pencil?
Your
Their
Possessive adjectives always agree with the possessor.
E.g.: My house is big.
The third person singular distinguish masculine, feminine and neutral.
E.g.: His mother is a doctor; Her father is a teacher; This tree is big but its leaves are small.
Common errors: It´s instead of its. It´s eyes are yellow.
The use of your when we mean his or her.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
We use a possessive pronoun without a noun, when the mine.
noun is understood. yours.
his.
Example: hers.
The pen is its.
Is this Mark´s pen? ours.
yours.
No, it´s mine- (= my pen.) theirs.
The possessive pronoun substitutes the possessive adjective + the noun.
E.g.: These are (my books) mine.
The structure noun + of mine / yours, etc., is used with the meaning of`” one among others”
E.g.: Mary is friend of ours.
Common error: That book is my.

3. 1. Substitute the underlined words with possessive adjectives.
Example: John´s knee hurts. His knee hurts.
a) My parents´ friend is worried. ______________________
b) Mary´s father speaks Russian. ______________________
c) Tim´s cousins go to my school. _____________________
d) Jim and Sam´s favourite team is Benfica. _____________
2. Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.
Example: This is my pen. This pen is mine.
a) Is that your pencil? _______________________________
b) These are your books. _____________________________
c) That is her bike. _________________________________
d) This is my ring. __________________________________
3. Complete as the example: . 4. Answer the questions, using the
possessive pronoun that corresponds to the
Example:
personal pronoun in brackets.
This isn´t my book. The book isn´t mine.
a) Is that Mark´s dog?
a) This isn´t our car. __________________________
No, ____________ (I)
b) It´s her bag.
__________________________ b) Is this my rubber?
c) It´s my father's newspaper.
No, _____________(she)
__________________________
c) Is that your pencil?
d) That isn´t my pen __________________________
No, _____________ ( they)
d) Is this our ball?
No, _____________( you)