OMAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
General Foundation Program
Level 1 Special Grammar Worksheet No. 6
Topic/s: Possessive Adjectives
Practice 1: Write the correct possessive adjectives to complete the sentences.
1. Joanie is (John and Nancy) ______ daughter.
2. Our names are Kathy and Robin. This is (Kathy and Robin) ______ mother.
3. Jeremy and Valerie are (Tim and Carey) ______ parents.
4. Tony is (Mary) ______ grandson.
5. My name is Annie. This is (Annie) ______ father.
6. (Alex) ______ name is Alex.
7. Peggy and Martin are (Kelly) ______ children.
8. Your name is Greg. They are (Grey) ______ parents.
9. Is this _______ (you) house?
10. Robert, _______ (you) handwriting is difficult to read.
11. Michael is showing _______ (he) tortoise to _______ (he) friends.
12. My sister lost _______ (she) way in the city.
13. The lion is chasing _______ (it) prey.
14. The dentist asked _______ (he) patient to open _______ (she) mouth.
15. I give _______ (I) sandwich to John
http://www.language-worksheets.com/subject-pronouns-possessive-adjectiveselementary.html
Practice 2: Fill in the blanks with correct form of the pronouns given in brackets.
1.
Have you seen ____ new coat? (I)
2.
She has lost ______ keys. (she)
3.
The dog has had ______ breakfast.
7.
____ pockets. (he)
8.
(it)
4.
9.
(she)
What is ______ plan? (they)
6.
Can you give me ________
I will agree to ______ suggestion if
you lower the price. (you)
Do you know ________ name?
5.
He stood there with his hands in
She is ______ teacher. (we)
10. It is __ fault. (he)
address? (he)
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OMAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
General Foundation Program
Level 1 Special Grammar Worksheet No. 6
Topic/s: Possessive Pronouns
Practice 1: Complete the sentences using the possessive pronouns from the boxes.
mine
yours
his
hers
ours
theirs
1. I'm riding my bike.
The bike is ______.
6. This garden belongs to them.
It is ______.
2. The rings belong to Lucy.
They are ______.
7. The houses belong to us.
They are ______.
3. There is a book on your desk.
Is it _______?
8. I have two cats.
They are ______.
4. We have a computer.
The computer is ______.
9. Are those shoes Ann's?
Yes, they are _____.
5. That money belongs to him.
It is _____.
10. These balls the children's?
No, they aren't _____.
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/possessive/pronouns-write-1
Practice 2: Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.
1. This book is (you)
yours
2. The ball is (I)
.
7. The pictures are (she)
8. In our garden is a bird. The nest
.
3. The blue car is (we)
is (it)
.
4. The ring is (she)
6. The luggage is (he)
.
9. This cat is (we)
.
.
10. This was not my fault. It
5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This
house is (they)
.
was (you)
.
.
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/pronouns/exercises?04
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OMAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
General Foundation Program
Practice 3: Write the correct possessive pronoun for each sentence:
EX: That car belongs to me. That car is mine.
1. That book belongs to those kids. That book is
.
2. This bicycle belongs to my neighbor Bill. This bicycle is
3. This scarf belongs to my aunt Tina. This scarf is
4. This toy belongs to you. This toy is
.
.
.
5. This apartment belongs to me and my cousin. This apartment is
6. These mittens belong to my mother. These mittens are
.
.
7. Those cookies belong to my sister's friends. Those cookies are
.
8. These suitcases belong to you and your wife. These suitcases are
9. That pillow belongs to me. That pillow is
.
.
10. That lamp belongs to my aunt and uncle. That lamp is
.
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-possessive-pronouns2.html
Practice 4: Choose whether each sentence requires a possessive adjective or a
possessive pronoun:
EX: That car is not his. It's mine. (possessive pronoun)
OR That's my car. (possessive adjective)
1. Is that your notebook or _____________________ (my/mine)?
2. I don't like _____________________ (their/theirs) apartment.
3. That's not my problem. It's _____________________ (yours/your).
4. Your car is green, while _____________________ (my/mine) is black.
5. Isn't _____________________ (their/theirs) son older than you?
6. A friend of _____________________ (our/ours) called.
7. A friend of _____________________ (her/hers) brother's called.
8. He's _____________________ (our/ours) doctor.
9. That's _____________________ (our/ours) house, not theirs.
10. Is he a friend of _____________________ (your/yours)?
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OMAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
General Foundation Program
Practice 5: Choose possessive adjective or pronoun.
1. Find the missing possessive pronoun: mine, yours, his, hers, ____ , yours, theirs.
? our
? Tom Cruise
? ours
? we
2. The cat belongs to my wife but the dog is ____ .
? mine
? hers
3. A family photo. Which one's ____ sister?
? yours
? your
?
?
?
my
our
you
4. Susan's coming to the party on her own. ___ boyfriend's staying at home.
? Her
? Its
? His
? Hers
5. They live on the other side of the street. That's ____ house, the red one.
? they
? their
? its
? theirs
6. I'd like you to meet Rita. She's a great friend of ______ .
? our
? us
? ours
? donkey
7. Michael's married. ____ wife is an accountant.
? His
? Its
? Her
? He
8. ____ best friend lives in London so I only see her about once every two years.
? My
? Mine
? Her
9. This is ___ new car.I bought it yesterday.
? its
? ours
10.
?
?
?
?
?
?
This one's hers, so that one must be ___ .
Tom Cruise
his
he
him
http://www.autoenglish.org/basic/gr.posadpro.i.htm
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mine
my