A- Mark the correct option:

1-Jody has lost ________ book.

( ) mine
( ) her
( ) hers
( ) theirs
2-Junko has eaten her lunch already, but I'm saving ________ until later.
( ) hers
( ) her
( ) my
( ) mine
3-This bird has broken ________ wing.
( ) hers
( ) her
( ) my
( ) mine
4-Was ________ grammar book expensive?
( ) your
( ) yours
( ) theirs
( ) ours
5-My telephone is out of order, but ________ is working.
( ) yours
( ) yours
( ) your
( ) you
6-________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.
( ) Your, mine
( ) Yours, mine
( ) Your, my
( ) Yours, my
7-We gave them ________ telephone number, and they gave us ________.
( ) ours, their
( ) our, their
( ) Your, my
( ) Yours, my
8-________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow ________?
Mine, yours
Your, mine
My, yours
Yours, mine

9-These grammar books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but ________
has only 275.
( ) Yours, mine
( ) Your, my
( ) Yours, my
( ) Your, mine
10-You can't have any chocolate! It's all ________!
( ) Your
( ) Its
( ) Her
( ) ours
B- Complete with the correct possessive:
The Mysterious Volkswagen
Last week, we had a part at _______ house. Many people came, and there
were lots of cars parked outside. At the end of the party, only three people were
left: myself, Eric, and Cathy. However, there were four cars. One of them was a
Volkswagen. I didn't remember seeing it before, so I asked whose it was.
Eric said it wasn't _______ car. ________ is a Chevrolet pickup. When I asked
Cathy if it was _______ , she said no ______ car is a Ford Explorer. I knew it
wasn't ________ car, of course. Finally, I called the police, and they came and
examined it. They said it belonged to a family on the next street. Someone stole
it from ______ driveway and left it on ________ .
her

hers

his

His

my

our

ours

Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Sentence transformation exercise
1. These are my pens.
These pens are mine
2. That was your plane.
_______________________________________________
3. Is this your suitcase?
_______________________________________________
4. Are those his shoes?
_______________________________________________
5. This was their house.
_______________________________________________
6. Is this our bus?
_______________________________________________
7. This will be your room.
_______________________________________________
8. Will this be my desk?

their

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possessivos so usados sem substantivos, motivo pelo qual recebem um s.

Significado

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Pronouns

meu, minha, meus,

minhas

my

mine

seu, sua, seus, suas

(de voc)

your

yours

dele
(do homem)

his

his

dela
(da mulher)

her

hers

dele, dela
(animais, objetos, etc)

its

its

nosso, nossa, nossos,

nossas

our

ours

seu, sua, seus, suas

(de vocs)

your

yours

deles, delas
(de pessoas, de animais,
de objetos, etc)

their

theirs

Exemplos
Eu no gosto do meu carro, mas ela
gosta do dela.

I don't like my car, but she likes hers.

Ele machucou a perna (dele).

He hurt his leg.

O gato tomou todo o seu leite (o leite

dele).

The cat lapped up all its milk.

Ela gosta dos nomes deles,mas no

gosta do seu.

She likes their names but she doesn't

like yours.

Temos os nossos pais, e vocs tm os

seus (de vocs).

We have our parents, and you have

yours.