1. IES Peñalba Confusing words! (2) 4º ESO
I have a toy.
The toy is for me.
It is my toy.
The toy is mine.
Have a look at the chart and learn the difference!
SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE PROSSESSIVE
PRONOUN PRONOUN ADJECTIVE PRONOUN
I Verb/prep + me My + noun Mine
You … you Your… Yours
He … him His… His
She … her Her… Hers
It … it Its… Its
We … us Our… Ours
You … you Your… Yours
They … them Their… Theirs
Subject pronoun: We use them as the subject of a sentence.
Object pronoun: We use them as the object of a verb, following a verb.
Possessive adjective: We use them to modify a noun, before nouns.
Possessive pronouns: They are similar to possessive adjectives but they don’t modify any noun.
Complete the sentences with the correct form: subject or pronoun and possessive adjective or
pronoun.
1. My father goes to work by _____ car. _____ drives well.
2. Serkan plays football on Saturday nights. _____ plays wonderfully.
3. _____ father and mother are great parents. She loves _____ so much.
4. They fell in love when she looked at ________ and he looked at ________.
5. My little cats are very lovely. _____ love milk.
6. He bought a new bicycle. _____ is red.
7. Thomas loves Susan. _____ wants to go out with _____.
8. But Susan doesn’t love Thomas. _______ hates _______ and she doesn’t like ______
personality.
9. That is her cat. This cat is ________.
10. My brother goes to school with _____ friends.
11. We are visiting _____ family today and they are visiting _______ next week.
12. _____ is boring to stay at home. There is nothing to do.
13. Paula has had her teddy for more than 10 years and now________ eye is missing.

2. IES Peñalba Confusing words! (2) 4º ESO
14. I’m talking to my friends and you are talking to ______.
15. In _____ free time we play the piano with _____ mother.
16. Do you take ______ dog for a walk every day?
17. I can lend Patrick my dictionary and he can lend _____ _____ pencil.
18. Susan and Ali are good friends. _____ are always together talking about _______ interests.
19. The Greens are moving to ______ new house. My house is nice but I prefer _______.
20. He invited us and we invited _____.
21. You want to see Peter but _____ doesn’t want to see _____.
22. He gave me his address and I gave him mine.
23. She gave _____ her address and we gave _____ _____.
24. You gave _____ _____ _ address and he gave _____ ______.
25. They gave ______ ______ address and I gave _____ _____.