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)