Possessive Pronouns

Reference

Common mistakes

1. This book is my. → This book is mine.
   No noun → use mine
2. Is this mine book? → Is this my book?
   Before noun → use my
3. A friend of me → A friend of mine
   "of + pronoun" → possessive pronoun
4. Who's book is this? → Whose book is this?
   whose ≠ who's

Possessive Pronouns — Exercises

Adjective or pronoun?

Circle the correct word. A noun after the gap → my, your, his… No noun → mine, yours, his…

1. This book is _____. (I) (mine / my)
2. Is this _____ pen? (you) (yours / your)
3. That bag isn't mine. It's _____. (Anna) (hers / her)
4. These keys are _____. (Tom) (his / him)
5. Our flat is big. _____ is small. (they) (Theirs / Their)
6. Is this coat _____? (you) (yours / your)
7. _____ phone is this? (Whose / Who's)
8. That car is _____. (we) (ours / our)
9. She's a friend of _____. (I) (mine / me)
10. _____ bike is red and mine is blue. (he) (His / He)

Write the possessive pronoun

Write mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs.

1. Is this your bag? — Yes, it's  .
2. This isn't Sara's jacket.   is green.
3. We've got our tickets. Have you got  ?

Possessive Pronouns — Answer Key

Adjective or pronoun?

1. mine — No noun after it → pronoun: mine.
2. your — A noun follows (pen) → adjective: your pen.
3. hers — No noun after it → hers.
4. his — his is the same word as the adjective.
5. Theirs — It replaces "their flat" → Theirs.
6. yours — No noun after it → yours.
7. Whose — Whose asks about possession. Who's = who is.
8. ours — No noun after it → ours.
9. mine — a friend of + possessive pronoun → mine.
10. His — Before a noun (bike) → His.

Write the possessive pronoun

1. mine
2. Hers
3. yours